Req #65344 [Asn->Csd]: Script source commenting, add syntax which allows nesting

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65344&edit=1 ID: 65344 Updated by: ab@php.net Reported by: marshall dot sorenson at gmail dot com Summary: Script source commenting, add syntax which allows nesting -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: ab Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: That's the solution you've asked for. Your approach wouldn't work with class methods as well "to only match the last comment closure per file". However you can put the whole classes into the if blocks. But other technics like including another file to rewrite methods one by one would work too. Things like having index_dev.php in symfony or using mock objects are still around. Anyway, I wasn't intended to discourage you. If you still believe such a feature is necessary, please discuss this on internals first. Once you've a positive feedback, feel free to go on with RFC, patch and reopening this ticket. Thanks. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-30 13:35:16] marshall dot sorenson at gmail dot com The functionality you gave an example of definitely does NOT work in all cases. For instance, that can't be used to "comment" out class methods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-29 18:17:31] ab@php.net The functionality you're looking for is already there, if ($cond1) { function hello() { /* version 1 */ } } else if ($cond2) { function hello() { /* version 2 */ } } else .... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-26 14:12:02] marshall dot sorenson at gmail dot com Description: ------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65344&edit=1