Allow comments to end with multiple * signs Topic is solved

[A Keymaker]

Coming out from this discussion: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=105341

I would like to suggest making possible to mark end of comment part of a script by using multiple * signs; e.g.:

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*********************/

Currently a user can mark in a such visual way only the beginning of comment; i.e.:

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/*********************

[lexikos]

The documentation and version number imply a contract that guarantees scripts written now will not be unexpectedly broken by a minor update.

The "contract" set out in the documentation for v1 is:

In addition, the /* and */ symbols can be used to comment out an entire section, but only if the symbols appear at the beginning of a line (excluding whitespace), as in this example:

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/*
MsgBox, This line is commented out (disabled).
MsgBox, Common mistake: */ this does not end the comment.
MsgBox, This line is commented out. 
*/

Source: Scripting Language | AutoHotkey

A comment like

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/****
****/
This is a comment
*/

while unlikely, is perfectly legal in v1. Making the change you suggest would break this "contract", so would have to be accompanied by a change to the major version number (v1 -> v2).

But there's already a v2, and it already supports what you suggest.


Side note: The difference in interpretation of block comments can be used to create a file that contains v2 code that will be ignored by v1. This can be combined with other techniques to create a script that will re-launch itself using AutoHotkey v2 when the user runs it with AutoHotkey v1. AutoHotkey v2.0-beta.4 comes packaged with scripts that do this.