On May 1, 2013, at 6:01 AM, cgenolin wrote: > Hi all, > > Since R 3.0.0, the '#' does no longuer works for comments. > But as noticed above, comments can be introduce by 'anyWord:' or > 'myComment;' or 'toto:'. > > Since '#' can be used to name a field, we can also used '#:' or '###:' (or > even '%:' for LaTeX's fans). > > So '#:' is a new possible way for adding comments in DESCRIPTION file. >
No, it's not, they are not permitted -- please read the DCF specs: "Field names must not begin with the comment character, #." Cheers, Simon > Christophe > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Comments-in-the-DESCRIPTION-file-tp4648678p4665892.html > Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
