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C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91953 27/07/04 07:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 V vithos OP Pikka bird
OP vithos Pikka bird V Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	I have found several bugs with the implimentation of ANSI C style /* comments / in mIRC v6.16. The following code will show examples: Code: alias testA { / commentA echo -a testA / } alias testB { echo -a testB } / commentB / alias testC { echo -a testC } executing /testA yeilds: Code: testA //: not connected to server (line 3, comments-bugs.mrc) here, the "/ comment" is not evaluated, but the closing comment "/" (although on a new line, as is usually required for these comments to work) is evaluated as a command executing /testB yeilds: Code: testB this is just to show that testA will not affect testC executing /testC yeilds: Code: /testc: not connected to server this obviously should have echoed "testC", but all code after commentB is treated as a comment also note that the capitalization of /testC differs from the input command and error message

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91954 27/07/04 08:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523 Q qwerty Hoopy frood
qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	v6.1 versions.txt: Code: 84.Can now use /* and */ to comment out multiple lines in an alias, popup, or script. [color:red]Each be used alone on a single line.[/color] /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91955 27/07/04 10:21 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 V vithos OP Pikka bird
OP vithos Pikka bird V Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	That is quite disappointing. If they are not to be implimented correctly, then that should at least be mentioned in the mirc.hlp file, but why not just do them right? I can't imagine it being very difficult, but then again mIRC isn't open source, so who knows how the script interpreter works. At least make the comments break consistently?

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91956 27/07/04 10:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 230 G greeny Fjord artisan
greeny Fjord artisan G Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 230	I guess the definition of "correctly" is up to Khaled, not some other programming language...

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91957 27/07/04 10:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 V vithos OP Pikka bird
OP vithos Pikka bird V Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	I agree... to an extent. But I also subscribe to the Rule of Least Surprise when it comes to programming. "The flip side of the Rule of Least Surprise is to avoid making things superficially similar but really a little bit different. This is extremely treacherous because the seeming familiarity raises false expectations. It's often better to make things distinctly different than to make them almost the same." -- Henry Spencer

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91958 27/07/04 10:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 230 G greeny Fjord artisan
greeny Fjord artisan G Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 230	Yes, you're right. It's not that I disagree with you - I'd also like a more C-style behaviour of comments.

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91959 27/07/04 11:43 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 742 Ohio, U.S.A. MTec89 Hoopy frood
MTec89 Hoopy frood Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 742 Ohio, U.S.A.	vb style comments are nice too Code: [color:green]'this code will close your app.[/color] Function blah() [color:green]'close the program[/color] End [color:green]'close the program[/color] End Function http://MTec89Net.com irc.freenode.net #MTec89Net

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91960 28/07/04 12:24 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19 V vithos OP Pikka bird
OP vithos Pikka bird V Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19	I agree, but in order to have code followed by a comment on the same line, you would have to use a character escape for whatever character the comments get started with, which could get ugly. The solution of course is to quote strings, which I would love to see, but don't expect. I don't think requiring strings to be quoted and escaped would be very newbie friendly, which seems to be one of the main goals of mIRC script.

Re: C style /* comments */ bug(s) #91961 28/07/04 08:07 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 742 Ohio, U.S.A. MTec89 Hoopy frood
MTec89 Hoopy frood Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 742 Ohio, U.S.A.	vb doesnt need an escape charecter.. http://MTec89Net.com irc.freenode.net #MTec89Net

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