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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Single-line comment problem
From: johannes@schlueters.de (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 00:49 +0400, jvlad wrote:
> >"Scott MacVicar" wrote:
> >Yeah because /* */ has a clear end where // and # doesn't.
> >
> >- S
> 
> 
> Shouldn't the end of the line be always considered as a true end of the 
> one-line comment?
> In other words, I think it always has a clear end too.
> Similarly, lexer always regognizes the strings - their start and the end so 
> it could ignore the tags in them too.
> Seems the only problem is BC that shouln't be broken. At least not before 
> v6.

<h1><?php //some comment ?></h1>

is an absolutely valid reason to use single line comments which end
at ?>. I don't think there is a strong enough arguement to change that
part of the syntax in any release. Yes it might be confusing some times
but it is well defined and established.

johannes
 
> -j
> 
> 
>