Re: Is there a way to do large block of source code comments

[gdotone@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:44:50 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> Funny. It's easy enough to find C++ guidelines that recommend avoiding 
> multi-line comments because they're error prone. When those who like to use an 
> error-prone language recommend against a construct because it's error prone, it
> must really be bad.
> 
Even though i'm new to Ada and will use the convention of the language i agree with robin.  there is value in having such markers to allow multiline comments.

i personally would have preferred C programs only using /* .. */ for comments, C++ programmers using /* .. */ and //.
as for style C:

type function_name (...)
{
    ...
}

as for style C++:
same as C

as for java:
type function_name(...){
   ...
}

the rational given for not having a multiline comment delimiter may as well be used for having single line comments too.

type function_name(...){
   ...
}
this style was really about placing more printed line on a page anyway, but if only java used it, java programs would identifiable at a glance.

and, well, really for Ada, why not have:

program the_program_name is

instead of 

procedure the_program_name is

these are not words of war, of course, just observations from a newbie, who just may not know any better, and who loved Pascal...

please forgive the ramblings. :-) robin you are not alone.