Edward Elliott wrote: > At the risk of flogging a dead horse, I'm wondering why Python doesn't have > any multiline comments. One can abuse triple-quotes for that purpose, but > that's obviously not what it's for and doesn't nest properly. ... > Saying coders shouldn't use multiline comments to disable code misses the > point. Coders will comment out code regardless of the existence of > multiline comemnts. There has to be a better argument for leaving them out.
i beg to differ: you'd be surprised how much effect can little inconveniences have. want to comment block of code? use tripple-quotes. does not nest? ahhh, maybe it's time to get rid of that block you commented out a month ago "just in case the new code doesnt work". that gives you incentive to tidy up. don't be a code slob... don't leave a mess forever ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
