From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-2.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.uni-weimar.de!medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de!lucks From: Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is there a way to do large block of source code comments Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 17:12:04 +0200 Organization: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar Message-ID: References: <8fd27434-43c2-4bd1-b72b-dd7a0ef5af75@googlegroups.com> <4407fc6e-a3a6-47d6-8f49-a5a0a1e8e0c4@googlegroups.com> <1409734659.7121.231.camel@obry.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323329-1450817234-1409757073=:24675" X-Trace: pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de 1409750015 17531 141.54.178.228 (3 Sep 2014 13:13:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 13:13:35 +0000 (UTC) X-X-Sender: lucks@debian In-Reply-To: <1409734659.7121.231.camel@obry.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11) Content-ID: Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:188830 Date: 2014-09-03T17:12:04+02:00 List-Id: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-1450817234-1409757073=:24675 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Pascal Obry wrote: > Le mercredi 03 septembre 2014 =E0 01:23 -0700, gdotone@gmail.com a > =E9crit : >> very good suggestion (* ... *) > > I bet this will never happen in Ada 202x or whatever. This feature is > too dangerous as others have said. It is too easy to have: > > /* > code1 > /* > code2 > */ Did you actually READ the posting you just replied to? That posting quoted my suggestion to introduce block comments where the=20 opening bracket inside a block comment is plainly prohibited. I.e., the=20 compiler would reject your above example with a syntax error in line 3. This shows that there is a way to make block comments "safe" or "Ada-like"= =20 =2E.. if there is an urgent need for block comments in 202x. BTW, I agree that I don't see this for "Ada 202x or whatever". I doubt=20 that there is a real need for block comments. ------ I love the taste of Cryptanalysis in the morning! ------ --Stefan.Lucks (at) uni-weimar.de, Bauhaus-Universit=E4t Weimar, Germany-- --8323329-1450817234-1409757073=:24675--