Re: why not just use C /* ... */ ?

iain truskett <[email protected]> writes:

> It's not *that* slow. Just means the parser is looking for /* as well as
> */ ...

And "/*" and ""/*" and '/*' and qw(*/) and #*/ and \#*/ and m/.*/ ...

With MLC, you need to _parse_ the comments. What happens if you find a
unterminated quoted string in a commented out section?
Guess what happens when you have the following comment in a java
program:

   /* File: C:\user\jv\demo.java */

t.java:1: Invalid escape character.
/* File: C:\user\jv\demo.java */
           ^

With SLC, discarding a line if it starts with a # (after optional
whitespace) is straightforward, fail safe, and fast.

-- Johan