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Subject:	Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2003 03:54:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Travis Cobbs writes: > In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes: > > I don't. It's standard to have to prefix comments with something. Also, > > POV-Ray uses //. > > We already have a standard comment prefix: 0. For better or for worse, > meta-commands are just comments that get interpreted to have meaning. I > think it's unrealistic to expect users to remember to add a second comment > prefix in addition to the 0. Programs don't forget. People do. > > --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com) True. That's why I suggested a strong recommendation of using whatever comment prefix we will agree on. Then let's say the future L3P -check will raise a warning for omitting that prefix. /Tore

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		Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
(...) We already have a standard comment prefix: 0. For better or for worse, meta-commands are just comments that get interpreted to have meaning. I think it's unrealistic to expect users to remember to add a second comment prefix in addition to the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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