Re: Better ways to make multi-line comments in Perl?

what about this?

<<#;
this is a
multiline
comment
#
[download]

cLive ;-)

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Re: Answer: Better ways to make multi-line comments in Perl? by abstracts (Hermit) on Jul 29, 2001 at 14:58 UTC
Hello, I have perl-5.6.1 and the above code does not work because after stripping the comments, it looks like: `<< this is a multiline comment` [download] which is clearly wrong and the compiler complains. To get around this, you need to use something like: `<<C; this is a comment C` [download] or, if you really want the hash sign, do: `<<'#'; this is a comment #` [download] But in neither case does the code run cleanly and pass warning about "Useless use of a constant in void context". Btw, for me, I never really liked multiline comments. Even in C, my comments look like: `/* * This is a * Multiline * Comment */` [download] Which looks ugly compared to perl's comments (or ada's even). Aziz,,,	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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I have perl-5.6.1 and the above code does not work because after stripping the comments, it looks like:

<<
this is a 
multiline
comment
[download]

<<C;
this is a 
comment
C
[download]

<<'#';
this is a
comment
#
[download]

Btw, for me, I never really liked multiline comments. Even in C, my comments look like:

/*
 * This is a 
 * Multiline
 * Comment
 */
[download]

Aziz,,,