Yeah, /* … */ doesn't nest, that's really a language limitation — for this reason I am using // as the primary comment character, since that nests nicely.
The default for C and Objective-C was having /* … */ as primary, but I just changed that. FYI this is a preference in the C bundle.
I'm enamored with how /* ... */ looks, especially when it spans multiple lines.
Plus, how do you undo it when you want to uncomment the code?
It is a toggle. I.e. just hit ⌘/ again.
Thanks didn't know that.
But I often make use of #if 0 … #endif to disable code in C. This also nests nicely and TextMate will render the disabled part as a comment, and it allows you to use #else, for example:
#if 0 // old code #else // new code #endifNow you can just change 0 to 01 (or just 1) to switch from the new code back to the old vice versa.
Thanks for the tip. In the past I used a different version of this technique:
#ifndef NOT_DEF //old code #endif
I stopped using it, because in Visual Studio it would left-align any macros, which looked very odd.
In any case, I like your way.