At 13:41 19/09/01 -0400, Ray Pass wrote (in part):

>John suggests a rare use, if at all, of /*...*/. I totally agree. David >suggests using the %MACRO SKIP; ... %MEND SKIP; method instead. Just >define the SKIP macro containing the code to be commented, and never call >the macro. Again, I agree.

... and I totally agree with that, too. However, as I've been pointing out, since it will be others, not oneself, who may be 'playing with' the code in future, using whatever method of 'commenting out' which takes their fancy, I stick to my 'commenting practice' (virtually never using /*...*/) , as mentioned above.

However, as Quentin and others have pointed out, the situation becomes more complicated when one is talking macros - and much more care is then needed even with *...; type of comments (e.g. with unmatched quotes) - a risk probably at its greatest, as Quentin said, if one subsequently decides 'to convert open code to a macro'.

Kind Regards,

John

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