[swift-evolution] [swift-evolution-announce] [Review] SE-0037 Clarify interaction between comments & operators

[Jordan Rose]

I can't agree that /*…*/ comments are useless. The examples in the proposal aren't things I would write, but I can certainly think of other places I use them.

if foo > 0 {
} else if foo < 0 {
} else /* foo == 0 */ {
}

// We can't use SpecificType here because of XXX.
let foo: protocol<OtherType/*, SpecificType*/> = bar()

…and then given that we have /**/ comments in the language, we should define their behavior even in places you and I personally don't intend to write them.

Jordan


> On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:32 , David Owens II via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> +1 for the chosen path of the proposal.
> 
> However, one alternative is to remove /* ... */ style comments all together. Every example in the proposal are examples of commenting style that really have no business in the code.
> 
> -David
> 
>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Dave via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m sorta in favor… Reading the proposal, I agree that something needed to be done, but I think a better solution would’ve been to disallow comments between operators and their operands. Sorry, I didn’t see the thread about it, or I would’ve said something there.
>> 
>> Anyway, if it’s this vs leaving it alone, then +1 for this.
>> 
>> -Dave Sweeris
>> 
>>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:
>>> 
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