From p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk  Fri Jan  7 12:03:42 2005
From: p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard)
Date: Fri Jan  7 12:05:54 2005
Subject: [Rd] Any plans for commenting out region via something like " /*
	*/ "?
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"A.J. Rossini" <blindglobe@gmail.com> writes:

> Greetings from Switzerland!
> 
> Are there any plans/initiatives/considerations in future versions of R
> for commenting out regions via something like " /*    */  "?

I don't think so. Personally, I'd rather work on getting the parser to
behave properly in all cases on

if (FALSE){
...lots of lines...
} 

What did "C-c ;" do wrong anyway, Mr.ESS?
 
> (I've got an application for which something like that would be
> useful; if not, there are less simple solutions).
> 
> best,
> -tony
> 
> "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily
> roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05).

...and commit to a branch or use #ifdef so that the daily package checks
don't break.

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[Rd] Any plans for commenting out region via something like " /* */ "?
Peter Dalgaard