Re: Comments in .db files

• Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:15:11 PST
• From:
  Pavel Curtis <pavel@parc.xerox.com>
• cc: MOO-Cows.PARC@xerox.com
• In-Reply-to: "Seth I. Rich's message of \"Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:10:22 PST\" <199602281810.NAA08487@kanga.INS.CWRU.Edu>ta.de"

Seth I. Rich writes:
> Somewhere in the back of my head I recall reading that comments may be
> inserted into verb code with /* markers */.  Unlike comments inserted as
> strings, these will be entirely ignored and not even saved in the
> database.  Is it kosher to insert such comments into the .db file
> directly?  Will they be ignored?  In what parts of the file, if any?

They are completely ignored during parsing of MOO code and not represented in
the parsed/compiled form at all.  You should only put them into MOO verb code
within the DB file.

	Pavel

• Comments in .db files
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