{"id":6801,"date":"2008-01-19T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2008\/01\/19\/block-comments\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:16:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:16:17","slug":"block-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/block-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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.<\/p>\n

# This is a test
get-Process -Name LSASS # you can put a comment at the end of a line too<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\/*
Now
is
the
time
to
use
PowerShell
*\/<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

so you don’t have to put a # in front of every line:<\/p>\n

# Now
# is
# the
# time
# to
# use
# PowerShell<\/span> <\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/p>\n

Let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

If you need help knowing what to think, let me know and I’ll tell you.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/PowerShell<\/a>
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at:  http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/scriptcenter\/hubs\/msh.mspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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