backslash extends comment over multiple lines!

psyke · 21st September 2003, 21:46

Hello.

As documented in the NSIS scripting reference, to extend a command over multiple lines, one can use a backslash (\) at the end of the line.

I have found that a comment ending in backslash causes it to extend to the next line!!!!

I was wondering if this behaviour is intended? I wasn't aware that a trailing backslash affected comments too, and I was going crazy trying to figure out why perfectly valid commands were failing to execute.

kichik · 22nd September 2003, 09:44

It seems to be intentional.

psyke · 22nd September 2003, 15:11

Ah, ok. Thank you.

I'll have to keep this in mind in the future... I don't think I'll forget though.

21st September 2003, 21:46	#1
psyke Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 65	backslash extends comment over multiple lines! Hello. As documented in the NSIS scripting reference, to extend a command over multiple lines, one can use a backslash (\) at the end of the line. I have found that a comment ending in backslash causes it to extend to the next line!!!! I was wondering if this behaviour is intended? I wasn't aware that a trailing backslash affected comments too, and I was going crazy trying to figure out why perfectly valid commands were failing to execute.

22nd September 2003, 09:44	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	It seems to be intentional. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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22nd September 2003, 15:11	#3
psyke Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 65	Ah, ok. Thank you. I'll have to keep this in mind in the future... I don't think I'll forget though.