Re^3: Multi-line comments in perl code?

[jdporter]

in reply to Re^2: Multi-line comments in perl code?
in thread Multi-line comments in perl code?

Ow. Would it be too much to ask that it accept any sequence of openingbrackets — e.g.

#<<<
#<{[

because I could easily see myself wanting to comment out blocks of code with unbalanced closing brackets of all four types (or, more to the point, a dynamic selection of closing bracket types). Having an unlimited variety of comment "identifiers" also facilitates arbitrarily nesting comments without artificial restrictions.

[marklark]

If I read it correctly, Damian said, "It is closed by the corresponding closing bracket." [Emphasis added]

So, the compiler ignores the non-corresponding closing brackets.

[TheDamian]

Ow. Would it be too much to ask that it accept any sequence of opening brackets

Not to much to ask at all. At least, not as long as you can be satisfied with multiple repetitions of the same delimiter character. From the latest update of Synopsis 2:

• For all quoting constructs that use user-selected brackets, multiple, adjacent, identical opening brackets must always be matched by an equal number of adjacent closing brackets. Bracket counting naturally applies only to sets of brackets of the same length:

      say #{{
          Comment contains unmatched } and { { { { plus a counted {{ ... }} pair.
      }} q<< <<woot>> >>   # says "<<woot>>"

[PetaMem]

Awww, that will break my Emacs folding-mode (folding.el), which assumes folding start # {{{ and folding end # }}}