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From: Karl Zilles <zilles@1969.ws>
To: Chris Hecker <checker@d6.com>
Cc: Brian Hurt <brian.hurt@qlogic.com>,
	Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin <snob@snob.spb.ru>,
	caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] single-line comment request
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 11:49:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E9319B5.7090905@1969.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030408110617.0389bde8@localhost>

Chris Hecker wrote:
> There's really no downside that I can see to supporting them besides 
> minor backwards compatibility (but hey, if you want to port back, just 
> write an editor macro to convert them since you argue they're so easy! 
> :), using another token, and somebody has to go implement them.  There 
> are many minor upsides, including a bunch that haven't been listed like 
> avoiding questions about this topic on the list, and matching people's 
> intuition from C++, etc.  It seems like a clear win to me.

I agree.  Clearly this is not *needed*, but it is something I have found 
myself wishing for.  Something simple to type would be nice.  I find 
(**) to be a little acrobatic for my fingers. (I can imagine I will be 
mocked for complaining about this).

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-04-08 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-08 12:56 Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 15:17 ` Samuel Lacas
2003-04-08 14:27   ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 16:21     ` Samuel Lacas
2003-04-09 15:15   ` Thierry SALSET
2003-04-08 15:19 ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 14:25   ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 16:08     ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 15:38       ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 17:42         ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 17:31     ` Chris Hecker
2003-04-08 16:29       ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 19:26         ` Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2003-04-08 20:22           ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 21:37             ` Michal Moskal
2003-04-08 17:13       ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 19:23         ` Chris Hecker
2003-04-08 18:49           ` Karl Zilles [this message]
2003-04-08 19:04           ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 21:57             ` Daniel Andor
2003-04-08 22:07               ` Michal Moskal
2003-04-08 22:09               ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-10  2:59                 ` cashin
2003-04-10  7:58                   ` [Caml-list] { ... } vs ( ... ) vs begin ... end Frederic van der Plancke
2003-04-08 19:42           ` [Caml-list] single-line comment request Daniel M. Albro
2003-04-08 18:53             ` Alexander V. Voinov
2003-04-08 18:19               ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 22:40             ` Joshua Scholar
2003-04-13 19:46             ` Andreas Rossberg
2003-04-13 22:57               ` Daniel M. Albro
2003-04-08 19:53           ` Jeff Henrikson
2003-04-08 20:31             ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-13 14:07     ` John Max Skaller
2003-04-08 15:28 ` Damien
2003-04-08 14:49   ` Nickolay Semyonov-Kolchin
2003-04-08 15:39   ` Brian Hurt
2003-04-08 15:45   ` malc
2003-04-08 15:45   ` Samuel Lacas

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