Re: New long comments in 5.1

[Jadek <jadek@...>]

If there's issue about what characters might appear in code, why not just use a
character that's guaranteed never to appear in valid lua code?   @ is
unused, as is # (for the most part).  I'm sure there's others, but these
are the easiest to type. ;)

If you require a preceding character, # becomes viable in all cases,
and it would allow visible similarity to current comments.

-- Comment
-# Block Comment #-, or --# Block Comment #--, or whatever

Or you could even offer facility for the open and close block comment
tokens to be customizable... Though this is probably asking for trouble.

 -# Jadek #-

At 11:39 AM 6/19/2004, you wrote:


> How about:
>
> The TERMINATOR may never contains ']]'.
>
> This will make single line things work (as above) and:
>
> --[[
> multiline comment
> my favorite style :)
> ]]--
>
> (the terminating -- is of course optional, but I like them for visual 
> symmetry :)
>
> --[[my.html
> <HTTP>...whatever
> my.html]]
>
> If one wants, '*'s can be used as terminators:
>
> --[[***
> ***]]
>
>
> Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> > Mmmm, not so bright, it is incompatible with simple use of this string, like:
> > path = [[C:\Good Languages\Lua\Bright Script.lua]]
> >
> > unless we make additional rules like:
> >
> > Single line literal strings/comments use old syntax, multiline ones 
> > always starts with new line or HereDoc terminator.
> >
> > Or we use foo = [[[TERMINATOR
> > but I like it less (more exceptions).