Jorgen Grahn wrote: >>> [...] developer had >>> commented out about 50 lines of C++ code by just putting a /* at the top >>> and a */ at the bottom. [...] > ("#if 0" in C and C++ are better choices, but only marginally. Best is to > remove the code unless you are sure it's needed again soon. Works in all > languages.)
However, I'd only advise to do this if you are using a revision control. Otherwise, you'll end up having a lot of "backup" files hanging around which are even worse than multi-row comments. Or, even worse: If you don't create backup files before removing code ... Greets, Volker -- Volker Grabsch ---<<(())>>--- \frac{\left|\vartheta_0\times\{\ell,\kappa\in\Re\}\right|}{\sqrt [G]{-\Gamma(\alpha)\cdot\mathcal{B}^{\left[\oint\!c_\hbar\right]}}} -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list