in reply to Enhancement: "hidden" code tag

I think it is a splendid idea. I currently circumvent this problem by using <pre><tt> ... </tt></pre>, but this has some obvious disadvantages, namely code wrapping.

So, this will get "picked up" by the d/l code link: 

perl -le 'print "Hello World"'

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but this won't 

python -c 'print "put me out of misery"'

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jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re: (jeffa) Re: Enhancement: "hidden" code tag
by jasonk (Parson) on Mar 12, 2003 at 00:30 UTC

    Actually I was thinking the other way, code that WOULD show up in d/l code, but does not show up in the node. So that the node itself only contains the chunks of code that are actually relevant to the conversation, but if you hit d/l code, you get a complete, working program, that includes the parts that were hidden from the conversation. Although the idea to have code that doesn't show up in d/l code would be useful as well, now that I think about it.

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      Is there some reason why you couldn't do this using the already existing <readmore>?
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      # I think the fake code problem is here:
some_sub('blah blah blah');
sub some_sub {
   do_something();
  &nbsl;do_something_else();
}

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          --k.


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        The distinction is that stuff you "hide" in a readmore will show up if anyone looks at your node directly, where as the poster is suggesting a new tag which would never show up when viewing the node (either in a list, or directly) and would only be included as part of the "d/l code" content.

        The advantage of readmore tag is being able to shorten the node if you just want an overview.

        The advantage of a "hidden_code" tag would be that you could allways make "d/l code" provide a complete program, with all neccessary use statements and helper functions, but reading the node would only include the specific code you have a question about.

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