On Mar 9, 10:30 am, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What if 2 new 'special' comment-like characters were added to Python?: > > > 1. The WIP (Work In Progress) comment: > > I use # FIXME for this purpose or /* FIXME */ in C etc. > > I have an emacs macro which shows it up in bright red / yellow text so > it is easy to see and the company has a system which makes a web page > with a list of all the FIXMEs on. > > FIXME is easy to grep for, language neutral and a lot of people use > something similar (eg XXX or TODO). > > > 2. The HALT comment: > > You can so this with triple quotes. ''' and ''' (if you normally use > """ """ for docstrings) > > Python just ignores strings that lie around. > > -- > Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --http://www.craig-wood.com/nick
Vim will highlight the following comments too: #FIXME #TODO #XXX - Paddy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
