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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/syntax')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/syntax/comments.rdoc | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syntax/comments.rdoc b/doc/syntax/comments.rdoc index b361e077b6..dbc7816984 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/comments.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/comments.rdoc @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ syntax error: While comments are typically ignored by Ruby, special "magic comments" contain directives that affect how the code is interpreted. -Top-level magic comments must start on the first line, or on the second line if -the first line looks like <tt>#! shebang line</tt>. +Top-level magic comments must appear in the first comment section of a file. NOTE: Magic comments affect only the file in which they appear; other files are unaffected. @@ -74,7 +73,8 @@ regexp literals and <code>__ENCODING__</code>: Default encoding is UTF-8. -It must appear in the first comment section of a file. +Top-level magic comments must start on the first line, or on the second line if +the first line looks like <tt>#! shebang line</tt>. The word "coding" may be used instead of "encoding". |