Block Comments

PowerShell Team

<Update 01/04/2012: This post was written in 2008, when PowerShell was in version 1. Block comments were introduced in Version 2.>

One of the raging debates that have had within the team is the issue of whether to support block comments.  In PowerShell, we have the comment character #  e.g.

# This is a test
get-Process -Name LSASS # you can put a comment at the end of a line too

 

There are times when you have a large set of lines that you need to comment out (e.g. code in progress, cutting out code to test something, function headers, etc).  Some believe that we should support a block comment model like C.  e.g.

/*
Now
is
the
time
to
use
PowerShell
*/

 

so you don’t have to put a # in front of every line:

# Now
# is
# the
# time
# to
# use
# PowerShell

Now you can join the debate.  The connect database has a bug filed on this that you can vote on or comment on.  https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=319307&SiteID=99

Let us know what you think.

If you need help knowing what to think, let me know and I’ll tell you.  🙂

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
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