Block comments/strings

**Colonel Thirty Two** · 08-22-2010

As Divran hinted in the longest thread evar, I am adding block comments/multiline strings to E2. Syntax is:

Code:

#[ Ooo, block comments
The E2 can't see this text, bwahaha! ]#

if (Stuff #[ & BrokenStuff ]#)
{
    moarStuff()
}

print("Hey look
strings can go to the next line.
BTW, newlines are preserved, so the text is printed in multiple lines.
You can stop this by placing a backslash \
at the end of the line.")

I also added an escape to allow adding characters by their decimal equivalent, effectively running string.char on them.

Code:

Test = "\d120" # Test = "x"

I'll be releasing them when I completely bug test them, and when Divran gives me his highlighting code.

A few things to note:
1. Preprocessor statements (#ifdef, ect.), will not be executed if inside a block comment.
2. For the \d### and \h## syntax, numbers less than 32 or greater than 255 will be ignored, and the statement will be replaced with ""
3. You can't do:

Code:

Test = "\d"+Number

Use toChar.

ToDo:

~~Block comments break column numbers when errors occur.~~ Done!
~~Test \d### with wierd numbers.~~ Now has same restrictions as the toChar function
~~Bug Divran to give me the code to the highlighter.~~ Done!
Add \h## for adding characters based on hexadecimal representation.
Clean up code in the preprocessor (I effectively rewrote the whole process of removing comments.)
Commit.