Re: C++ // style comments

I agree with the sentiments of this post.

> As a bonus (depending on how you look at it), since CSS3 style sheets
> with these kind of comments would produce errors

Actually most browsers already 'support' this kind of comment. Only
Konquerer (of the browsers I play areound with) does not.

Frank


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Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: C++ // style comments


>
> Has any thought been given to adding C++ style comments (//) to CSS3 in
> addition to the traditional /* */? CSS is one of the few languages that
> hasn't implemented the single-line comment system, and I find that to be
> much more convenient. I already use that kind of comment in JavaScript
> and it would be better for consistency if I could use them in CSS3 too.
>
> As a bonus (depending on how you look at it), since CSS3 style sheets
> with these kind of comments would produce errors on older user agents,
> it would force implementors to update (in whole or in part) their style
> engines to support CSS3.
>
>

Received on Sunday, 22 September 2002 01:01:00 UTC