Delphi XE2: Nested Comments, I want them!
Delphi XE2: Nested Comments, I want them!
I've had some troubles with nested "{" and "}" pairs aka curly-braces. Specifically, when I have a piece of code with an inline comment that I'd like to keep....
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();
end;
... But in debugging, I decided to comment a line out in this function. However, nest curly-braces don't seem to work and the IDE/compiler complains...
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
{ if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();}
end;
Sometimes, I want to comment out a section of code and mark it..
{$REGION 'OldCode'}
{
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
{ if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();}
end;
}
{$ENDREGION}
I always have to change my comments to "//" when I want to enclose them in "{". Sure wish I could just leave the "{" there and nest it inside another "{".
I've had some troubles with nested "{" and "}" pairs aka curly-braces. Specifically, when I have a piece of code with an inline comment that I'd like to keep....
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();
end;
... But in debugging, I decided to comment a line out in this function. However, nest curly-braces don't seem to work and the IDE/compiler complains...
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
{ if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();}
end;
Sometimes, I want to comment out a section of code and mark it..
{$REGION 'OldCode'}
{
function ThisIsAFunction()
begin
{ if (SomeFunction(Var1{used to use Var2})) then
DoSomething();}
end;
}
{$ENDREGION}
I always have to change my comments to "//" when I want to enclose them in "{". Sure wish I could just leave the "{" there and nest it inside another "{".
You use
ReplyDelete{$IFDEF False}
// your commented code goes here
{$ENDIF}
and i do {$DEFINE False} :P
I use the shortcut CTRL + # for commenting multiple lines, I think its from GExpert.
I tend to select several lines and hit Ctrl+/, which comments/uncomments via //. For me it's faster than navigating to and deleting two { } characters.
ReplyDeleteI use {} for real comments, // for commenting things out or for comments at the end of the line, and (* *) for big blocks. No problem to comment out the comments with Ctrl + #, which works on single lines and multiple lines, no GExpert needed. I guess Ctrl + # is specific to the German IDE, where it is used instead of Ctrl + / .
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