On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Steven Samuels
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Gabi Huiber wrote:
>>
>> Right, * is a comment marker, but should it be used?
>>
>
>
>
> "*" is great for creating boxes, to me the most readable way to display
> comments.
>
> ********************************
> * Here Is *
> * A Box *
> ********************************
>
> The alternative "/*" and "*/" can also set off comments with boxes. But if
> I introduce a space between the two symbols (or if an email program does
> it), code will fail. "*" doesn't have this problem.
>
> -Steve
If Steve or his email program introduces a space between any two
symbols of any Stata's commands or identifiers, the code will also
fail, but this is not an argument to switch to one-letter commands and
one-letter identifiers.
Besides,
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This is also a catchy box //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
however Stata fails in the files with ; used as the line-terminator
and // in the first position in the line. So IMHO this is more
important to fix, then forbid using * as a comment marker.
Best regards,
Sergiy Radyakin
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