multiline comments

[Ben Finney]

James Stroud <jstroud at ucla.edu> writes:

> Edward Elliott wrote:
> > At the risk of flogging a dead horse, I'm wondering why Python
> > doesn't have any multiline comments. [...]
> > 
> > Using an editor to throw #s in front of every line has
> > limitations.  Your editor has to support it and you have to know
> > how to use that feature.  Not exactly intuitive or easy for
> > novices to pick up.  Also a pain if your preferred editor is
> > python/perl/sh-agnostic.
> 
> I think the absence of multiline comments is like the requirement
> for indentation. It enforces good habits. Better is to make your
> multiple lines a function and comment out the function call.

And/or switch to an editor that can perform editing operations on a
range of lines.

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Ben Finney