Re: why a new lexical form?
Al Petrofsky 05 Jun 2002 18:35 UTC
> From: bear <xxxxxx@sonic.net>
>
> Why do we actually need a new lexical form for comments?
>
> Can't we just use a syntax definition and say
>
> (Comment ...)
>
> "expands" to nothing?
I sometimes use ' as a way to comment out multiline commands and
definitions.
However, it is more useful to be able to comment at the token level:
(define stuff
'(foo
bar
#| FIXME: These two cause crashes for some reason -APP
baz
quux
|#
zork))
-al