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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Is there a way to do large block of source code comments
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On 03.09.14 17:52, Pascal Obry wrote:
> Parsing a comment section???? Strange idea, I doubt this is reasonable.

It is standard practice in original SPARK, Java, and eLisp
to parse "comment sections". Also, languages such as Python
and Ruby parse commenting strings, similar to format strings.

They know the value of giving comments language status.