On Aug 2, 8:08 am, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-08-02, Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Neil Cerutti wrote: > >> On 2007-08-01, Cameron Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > >>> I want to re-emphasize the "triple-quote it" tip mentioned > >>> earlier in this thread. I think the original questioner > >>> will find this quite satisfying, if I understand his situ- > >>> ation at all. > > >>> *I* certainly have source code with embedded "junk" > >>> commented out as multi-line strings. > > >> I used to do that, but now that I use doctests so much it's > >> infeasible to comment out arbitrary code that way, since they > >> can't necessarily nest. > > > If you consistently use e.g. ''' for doc strings, you can use > > """ to comment out code blocks. > > But then I couldn't use """ in my docstrings! ;) Actually, I > wound up converting all my multiline doctests to use > concatenation instead, since they were ruining my syntax > highlighting performance in Vim. > > -- > Neil Cerutti > We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement. --Richard J. > Daley
Python comes with an IDE that can do bulk commenting or uncommenting. It's IDLE. Just select the test to comment out and press ALT+3. To uncomment, press ALT+4. It's cool! Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
