{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257/events","html_url":"https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257","id":98471600,"number":2257,"title":"syntax for long comments","user":{"login":"kairuku","id":7062385,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7062385?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku","html_url":"https://github.com/kairuku","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kairuku/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-07-31T21:08:40Z","updated_at":"2015-08-02T09:19:55Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I wonder if there is any alternative syntax for commenting out large code blocks or writing verbose multiline comments, rather than having to put a `#` before each line a user wishes to comment out, i.e., something analagous to:\r\n```\r\n/*\r\nlong comment line 1\r\nlong comment line 2\r\nlong comment line 3\r\nlong comment line 4\r\n*/\r\n```\r\nor\r\n```\r\n/*\r\nhiding this block temporarily for such and such reason ....\r\n\r\nswitch\r\n    case A\r\n        action 1\r\n        action 2\r\n    case B\r\n        if some test\r\n            action 1\r\n            action 2\r\n        else if another test\r\n            action 1\r\n        else another test\r\n            action 1\r\n        end\r\nend\r\n*/\r\n```\r\nIf this doesn't currently exist, then I wondered if perhaps it could be an enhancement in a future version."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/comments/127003690","html_url":"https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257#issuecomment-127003690","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/2257","id":127003690,"user":{"login":"pickfire","id":4687791,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4687791?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire","html_url":"https://github.com/pickfire","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pickfire/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-02T09:19:55Z","updated_at":"2015-08-02T09:19:55Z","body":"This currently doesn't exists, you can just add '#' to the beginning of the lines. Maybe this can also be a feature request."}}