Flower Box comments

Fibby · Post by **Fibby** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:46 pm

When trying to put a "FlowerBox comment" into some of my macro code, I get the following Error...

"Cannot call when a macro isn't running"

Example:

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|***********************************
|* My New Macro                    *
|***********************************

#turbo 10

|***********************************
|* Main Macro Code                 *
|***********************************
Sub Main
	/echo My New Macro
/return

However, this works fine...

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|-----------------------------------
|- My New Macro                    -
|-----------------------------------

#turbo 10

|-----------------------------------
|- Main Macro Code                 -
|-----------------------------------
Sub Main
	/echo My New Macro
/return

Not a big issue.. but an issue non-the-less... I *LIKE* having flowerbox comments for header blocks, etc, etc.

Fibby · Post by **Fibby** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:55 pm

I realize that |** and **| are block comment delimiters..

But if the line starts with | then it should register as a commented line anyway. Or perhaps it would be a good idea to change the block comment delimiters to be differant from the single line comments..

ie, // and /*

Just a thought.

bam · Post by **bam** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:08 am

Uhm, works the same as C I beleive. Once you put a |** everything until it sees a **| is part of the comment. No reason to change the way the code is read.. you just have to code it correctly I'm afraid.

Fibby · Post by **Fibby** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:49 am

Yes, but the differance is that in C.. a single line comment is //, not /...

That way, it's impossible to mistake a single line comment delimiter with a block comment delimiter.

If the MQ comment system was more like the C comment system.. Single lines would be || with block comments being |* and *|

bam · Post by **bam** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:29 am

changing

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|*********************************** 
|* My New Macro                    * 
|***********************************

to

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|*********************************** 
|* My New Macro                    * 
|***********************************|

is so hard?

Fibby · Post by **Fibby** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:40 am

I never said it was difficult..

I just said it was unexpected behavior.

magictiger · Post by **magictiger** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 7:04 am

Not unexpected at all when you're fugging starting with the block comment delimiter.