digitalmars.D - Comments in C, C++, C# and D major
- wolfgangamadeus (23/23) Jun 04 2004 I dislike the c style comments. I know for compatability reasons
- Charlie (6/30) Jun 04 2004 As much as I despise perl, I have to agree. # currently has no meaning ...
- Marc (15/17) Jun 04 2004 Searching Trogolith gaved nothing.
- Ant (3/4) Jun 05 2004 You are very lucky if this the worst think you can find in D :)
- Dick Zantow (6/13) Jun 06 2004 [...]
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Stewart Gordon
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Jun 07 2004
I dislike the c style comments. I know for compatability reasons that this might be impossible but shell script pound comments are better. I prefer the pound comment to that hideous // /* */ trogolith from C. I can't understand what Kernighan and Ritchie chose them for C because C style comments in short, they are a disaster. Even Perl uses pound comments. You should be able to use a single character to denote a comment like the pound sign in the Bourne Shell. I think the pound sign is a vast improvement. Instead of some C comment for: /* This comment really sucks because it is to verbose to comment */ // or even this is stupid because you have to enter two keys to comment your // line. plus the double dash is a really ugly kretin from hell // which I have no idea // why it was chosen. You can use a pound shell comment (as in Perl and Shell scripts) for: I think the pound comment is much better although it might be to politically infeasible to swallow.
Jun 04 2004
though we already have three comment markers, I would welcome this addition, though I dont have much hope that it will be adopted. Choose your battles :/.I prefer the pound comment to that hideous // /* */ trogolith from C.Trogolith ? Fun word! But i couldnt find a defintion ? C In article <c9rja9$31d4$1 digitaldaemon.com>, wolfgangamadeus says...I dislike the c style comments. I know for compatability reasons that this might be impossible but shell script pound comments are better. I prefer the pound comment to that hideous // /* */ trogolith from C. I can't understand what Kernighan and Ritchie chose them for C because C style comments in short, they are a disaster. Even Perl uses pound comments. You should be able to use a single character to denote a comment like the pound sign in the Bourne Shell. I think the pound sign is a vast improvement. Instead of some C comment for: /* This comment really sucks because it is to verbose to comment */ // or even this is stupid because you have to enter two keys to comment your // line. plus the double dash is a really ugly kretin from hell // which I have no idea // why it was chosen. You can use a pound shell comment (as in Perl and Shell scripts) for: I think the pound comment is much better although it might be to politically infeasible to swallow.
Jun 04 2004
"Marc" <iam here.net> Searching Trogolith gaved nothing. Trying with Trogolite brings a page with some synonyms. One of them was 'Trogolyte" Then , from this page: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=troglodyte "troglodyte" <jargon> (Commodore) 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle. The term "Gnoll" (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported. 2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment. The combination "ITS troglodyte" was flung around some during the Usenet and e-mail wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the Jargon File; at least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with pride. May be...I prefer the pound comment to that hideous // /* */ trogolith from C.Trogolith ? Fun word! But i couldnt find a defintion ?
Jun 04 2004
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 04:48:09 +0000, wolfgangamadeus wrote:I dislike the c style comments.You are very lucky if this the worst think you can find in D :) Ant
Jun 05 2004
wolfgangamadeus <wolfgangamadeus_member pathlink.com> wrote in news:c9rja9$31d4$1 digitaldaemon.com:I dislike the c style comments. I know for compatability reasons that this might be impossible but shell script pound comments are better. I prefer the pound comment to that hideous // /* */ trogolith from C. I can't understand what Kernighan and Ritchie chose them for C because C style comments in short, they are a disaster. Even Perl uses pound comments.[...] value = somefunc( p1 /* required */, p2 /* may be null*/ ); Not that I ever comment anything, but still ....
Jun 06 2004
wolfgangamadeus wrote: <snip>You should be able to use a single character to denote a comment like the pound sign in the Bourne Shell. I think the pound sign is a vast improvement.<snip> "preprocessor directive", even if they don't* exist in D. Actually, one has been kept, namely #line./* This comment really sucks because it is to verbose to comment */I think you mean "too verbose to" not "to verbose to". AIH, the D compiler isn't as forgiving as many humans are....// or even this is stupid because you have to enter two keys to comment your // line. plus the double dash is a really ugly kretin from hell // which I have no idea // why it was chosen.Because it doesn't conflict with any pre-existing C(++) syntax. You can always use // for single line comments, and /* */ for multiline comments. That way, you won't need to type more than 4 comment delimiter characters however long it is. And most comments are somewhat longer than 4 characters! Stewart. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox, aside from its being the unfortunate victim of intensive mail-bombing at the moment. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit.
Jun 07 2004