parsing comments in scripts

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/13/04 2:30 PM, Cubist at aol.com wrote:

> sez jacque at hyperactivesw.com>:
> 
>>On 12/13/04 10:15 AM, Dar Scott wrote:
>>
>>>I would guess that HyperTalk did not have local, global or constant at
>>>the script level (outside of handlers), so there may not have been an
>>>issue.
>>
>>Exactly right, so the issue never arose. I do understand the problem you
>>bring up. It may be that us old-timers have to evolve.
> 
>    I think I see a possible solution. What if, whenever a user comments out 
> the "on HandlerName" or "function FcnName" line of a handler, the engine 
> automatically comments out the *entire* handler, down to and including the "end 
> [name of handler]" line at the end? Obviously, *un*commenting the "[functi]on 
> HandlerName" line should uncomment the entire handler.
>    This way, not only can old-time HCers do what they've always done and get 
> the same practical results, but it's a convenient shortcut for 
> dyed-in-the-wool Rev'ers. Yes? No?

Yup. We think alike; I just wrote something almost exactly the same in 
my last post. I think this would work very well.

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