James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Edward Elliott wrote: > > At the risk of flogging a dead horse, I'm wondering why Python > > doesn't have any multiline comments. [...] > > > > Using an editor to throw #s in front of every line has > > limitations. Your editor has to support it and you have to know > > how to use that feature. Not exactly intuitive or easy for > > novices to pick up. Also a pain if your preferred editor is > > python/perl/sh-agnostic. > > I think the absence of multiline comments is like the requirement > for indentation. It enforces good habits. Better is to make your > multiple lines a function and comment out the function call.
And/or switch to an editor that can perform editing operations on a range of lines. -- \ Q: "I've heard that Linux causes cancer..." Torvalds: "That's | `\ a filthy lie. Besides, it was only in rats and has not been | _o__) reproduced in humans." -- Linus Torvalds | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
