@!group directive

[tf]

I think it would be really handy if there was some sort of directive concept to apply an annotation to multiple elements at once. Especially defining groups can be quite repetitive. YARD solves this with the @​group/@​endgroup directives.

[pascalduez]

Hi,

you can achieve this with file-level annotations.

[tf]

But there I can only define one group for all items, right? I think there can be cases where it can make sense to keep multiple groups in the same file.

[valeriangalliat]

Hmm, we would need CDocParser to support "range" annotations (with start and end markers), like for file-level annotations. Then updating CDocParser would automagically make SassDoc work with this syntax.

No even need to think about the multiple flag I guess, because it's exactly like a poster annotation in this regard.

I suggest to open this issue / make a PR on CDocParser. :+1:

[tf]

Interesting. @pascalduez comment made me wonder though if the urge to reach for group ranges is a smell in itself telling me to break apart my files. I'll watch out for this as I go along and open an issue with CDocParser when I have formed a clearer opinion. Thanks for the suggestion!

[pascalduez]

Re-opening to keep track of it, and get @SassDoc/owners feedback on this.

I'm not too keen at the moment, having several ways to perform certain actions might be confusing.

[KittyGiraudel]

Coming back to this, I’ll side with @pascalduez. That seems like unnecessary complexity?

[tf]

Agreed. Splitting things into multiple files is a good idea anyway. I think this, issue should be closed.

[pascalduez]

All right, let's close. We will need to planify a bit the future at some point, especially at the parser level.