parsing comments in scripts

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/12/04 6:19 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> Yeah - it certainly has some difficulties. In some ways I don't care 
> whether they change the docs or the app - I just don't like them 
> disagreeing.
> 
>> It is straightforward to select the entire handler and select 
>> "Comment" from the script menu.  An alternative might be to 
>> temporarily change the spelling of the name.
> 
> 
> That's what I've always done (since I didn't know about this "feature"), 
> and what I intend to keep on doing - so I'll never (deliberately) use 
> this feature, and hopefully I will never be affected by it.

I see the point people are making, but I'd sure miss the current 
behavior if it changed. The ability to comment out an entire handler by 
commenting the first line has been in xtalk for 18 years. I have become 
dependent on it.

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