Just a question of interest: Does anyone know why there's no block comment capability in VB .NET? (Unless there really is - but I've never yet come across it.)
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A:
As can be read in “Comments in Code“ there isn't any other way:
If your comment requires more than one line, use the comment symbol on each line, as the following example illustrates.
' This comment is too long to fit on a single line, so we break ' it into two lines. Some comments might need three or more lines.
Similarly, the help on the REM statement states:
Note:
You cannot continue aREMstatement by using a line-continuation sequence (_). Once a comment begins, the compiler does not examine the characters for special meaning. For a multiple-line comment, use anotherREMstatement or a comment symbol (') on each line.
Joey
2010-02-04 00:41:51
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A:
It is a side-effect of the Visual Basic syntax, a new-line terminates a statement. That makes a multi-line comment pretty incompatible with the basic way the compiler parses the language. Not an issue in the curly brace languages, new-lines are just white space.
It has never been a real problem, Visual Basic has had strong IDE support for a very long time. Commenting out multiple lines is an IDE feature, Edit + Advanced + Comment Selection.
Hans Passant
2010-02-04 00:54:24
+1 The IDE handles all of this stuff for me, allowing me to focus on writing good code that should never need to be commented out
Josh Stodola
2010-02-04 01:11:22
With CTRL+K+C and CTRL+K+U you don't need block comments :)
_simon_
2010-02-06 11:17:20
Also - in C#, when you write /*, the editor automaticaly converts all code, that follows, to comment, so you loose outlining. That's why I don't use block comments in C# also.
_simon_
2010-02-06 11:22:02