At last, block comments in Perl 5.6 !

[John M. Dlugosz]

Don't you love it when something written as a joke actually proves useful for something?

I came across the ACME::Don't module.

It is used exactly like the do BLOCK function except that, instead of executing the block it controls, it...well...doesn't. It seems to me that you can use this to comment-out parts of code. When debugging, I sometimes knock out parts until the problem goes away.

I realize it's not as general as lexer comments, but still, it's interesting.

[rob_au]

This module has been out for some time and has even been reviewed on this site here. As it is however, for block commenting, I find either the =pod / =cut POD syntax or the Acme::Comment module referenced by jryan above to be far more flexible - Also see the perl.com article on Acme::Comment here.

There has even been a thread specifically on this topic here.

 

perl -e 'print+unpack("N",pack("B32","00000000000000000000000111100101")),"\n"'

[princepawn]

=head1


CODE TO IGNORE()

=cut

is my favorite technique.

Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality

[John M. Dlugosz]

I use=comment.

This new technique can do it without adding 4 blank lines as well as two control lines. In fact, it doesn't care about whitespace.

[jryan]

Of course, there is also Acme::Comment.

[Juerd]

Yawn. Sorry.



if (0) { foo }

0 and q{
foo
};

=pod

foo

=cut

Or just use the almighty Acme::Comment

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[Aristotle]

Home, Ctrl-V, hit arrow keys or curlies a couple times, Shift-I, sharp, space, Escape. Works for me.

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