Why doesn't Python have multiline comments?
OK, I'm aware that triple-quotes strings can serve as multiline comments. For example,
"""Hello, I am a
multiline comment"""
and
'''Hello, I am a
multiline comment'''
But technically speaking these are strings, correct?
I've googled and read the Python style guide, but I was unable to find a technical answer to why there is no formal implementation of multiline, /* */ type of comments. I have no problem using triple quotes, but I am a little curious as to what led to this design decision.
I doubt you'll get a better answer than, "Guido didn't feel the need for multi-line comments".
Guido has tweeted about this:
Python tip: You can use multi-line strings as multi-line comments. Unless used as docstrings, they generate no code! :-)
Multi-line comments are easily breakable. What if you have the following in a simple calculator program?
operation = ''
print("Pick an operation: +-*/")
# Get user input here
Try to comment that with a multi-line comment:
/*
operation = ''
print("Pick an operation: +-*/")
# Get user input here
*/
Oops, your string contains the end comment delimiter.
Triple-quoted text should NOT be considered multi-line comments; by convention, they are docstrings. They should describe what your code does and how to use it, but not for things like commenting out blocks of code.
According to Guido, multiline comments in Python are just contiguous single-line comments (search for "block comments").
To comment blocks of code, I sometimes use the following pattern:
if False:
# A bunch of code
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