Req #65344 [NEW]: Script source commenting, add syntax which allows nesting
From: marshall dot sorenson at gmail dot com
Operating system: Any
PHP version: Irrelevant
Package: *General Issues
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Script source commenting, add syntax which allows nesting
Description:
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It would be AMAZING if there was an additional extended comment syntax
which
allowed nesting and overrode C-style comments. The idea would be to only
match
the last comment closure per file to allow commenting out large blocks of
functions which are PHPdoc'd or where a developer used C-style comments for
multi-line comments.
This would only be useful during development since scripts would have to be
backwards compatible with older PHP versions. I have been a PHP developer
for 12
years and this would help immensely when debugging code "inherited" from
another
developer!
Even if it could only be enabled with a run time INI setting, that would be
fantastic just to have it available. Perhaps even the tokens could be
customized
via INI setting.
I am imagining something like this...
/*===
foo
// bar
# baz
/* fu */
===*/
man
/* chu */
===*/
If there is any interest in this I would be willing to work on the patch
but
would need some mentoring.
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- marshall dot sorenson at gmail dot com