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Rodrigo Cano  
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 More options Apr 27 2012, 4:13 pm
From: Rodrigo Cano <ioniv...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:13:53 -0300
Local: Fri, Apr 27 2012 4:13 pm
Subject: Re: [scala-debate] Re: Annoyed by //
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The whole point of even suggesting another comment marker, in my opinion,
is freeing up other characters, using # would incur in the same sins as //

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Russ P. <russ.paie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 9:52 am, ARKBAN <ark...@arkban.net> wrote:
> > (Corrected the email address to scala-debate)

> > >  Although you will agree that learning the line comment syntax is not
> > >  particularly hard,

> Yeah, I learned it in less than three months, but then again I'm a
> fast learner.

> > If // were an extremely common operator I'd be much more in favor of
> > breaking consistency. But it doesn't sound like // is going to be the
> > next hot operator anytime soon. Honestly if you want to choose a better
> > comment character, I'd suggest considering # for consistency with
> > Python, Ruby, Shell scripts, etc. (Also I think on some keyboards with
> > larger Enter keys the \ character is moved around to various places.)

> I'd be all for allowing # as an alternative comment marker, but
> unfortunately I think it's already used for something else.

> --Russ P.


 
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