> It sounds like other Python users *do* like to do the kind of things I > suggested, but seasoned users would rather rely on macros and features > of specific editors. Unfortunately, to a newbie like myself, these > seem like obscure 'tricks' to be mastered rather than simple built-in > conveniences that any newbie can profit from.
But you _can't_ profit from these conveniences, at least not the ? character. It's just garbage put in there for some others to interpret, meaningless to the interpreter. So it _always_ boils down to editor-support. Now obviously _one_ scheme supported by all editors would be a great thing - so one could argue that a well-defined PEP that suggests a certain comment style that allows for your desired functionality would be a good thing. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
