[Jesus7Freak]

Similiar to the

--single line comment here

--[[this is a 
multi line 
comment in Lua--]]

[ShadowCrow]

Does this also work as an in-line comment?

For e.g.

--[[does this work as a in-line comment in Lua?--]] function ....

[Commander Cody]

Actually, this is enough:

--[[ your 
comment 
]]

You don't need the -- at the end.

@ShadowCrow: Yes, but why the extra effort?

[ShadowCrow]

Personally, I think it's easier to read by using -- in front of every line, but I'm no expert.

[Jesus7Freak]

Commander Cody, on 24 July 2010 - 07:02 AM, said:

Actually, this is enough:

--[[ your 
comment 
]]

You don't need the -- at the end.

@ShadowCrow: Yes, but why the extra effort?

Your right, I read up on it on the web, and heres why they do it this way: http://www.lua.org/pil/1.3.html

Quote

A comment starts anywhere with a double hyphen (--) and runs until the end of the line. Lua also offers block comments, which start with --[[ and run until the corresponding ]]. A common trick, when we want to comment out a piece of code, is to write the following:

--[[
print(10) -- no action (comment)
--]]

Now, if we add a single hyphen to the first line, the code is in again:
---[[
print(10) --> 10
--]]

In the first example, the -- in the last line is still inside the block comment. In the second example, the sequence ---[[ does not start a block comment; so, the print is outside comments. In this case, the last line becomes an independent comment, as it starts with --.

Some editors, such as notepad++, let you fold/collapse it.

btw the title was suppose to be "multi-line", just reporting a spell fail to who ever wants to change it.

[Commander Cody]

Oh, all right. I never thought of that. But to be honest I don't see much use in that because I always delete old comment junk as soon as possible anyway ^^

[ShadowCrow]

Jesus7Freak, on 24 July 2010 - 02:15 PM, said:

btw the title was suppose to be "multi-line", just reporting a spell fail to who ever wants to change it.

I didn't even notice till you said something.