Add Engine::disable_doc_comments and smarter doc-comments treatment.
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Doc-Comments
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============
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Similar to Rust, comments starting with `///` (three slashes) or `/**` (two asterisks) are
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_doc-comments_.
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Doc-comments can only appear in front of [function] definitions, not any other elements:
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```rust
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/// This is a valid one-line doc-comment
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fn foo() {}
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/** This is a
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** valid block
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** doc-comment
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**/
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fn bar(x) {
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/// Syntax error - this doc-comment is invalid
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x + 1
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}
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/** Syntax error - this doc-comment is invalid */
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let x = 42;
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/// Syntax error - this doc-comment is also invalid
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{
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let x = 42;
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}
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```
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Special Cases
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-------------
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Long streams of `//////...` and `/*****...` do _NOT_ form doc-comments.
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This is consistent with popular comment block styles for C-like languages.
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```rust
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/////////////////////////////// <- this is not a doc-comment
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// This is not a doc-comment // <- this is a normal comment
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/////////////////////////////// <- this is not a doc-comment
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// However, watch out for comment lines starting with '///'
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////////////////////////////////////////// <- this is not a doc-comment
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/// This, however, IS a doc-comment!!! /// <- this starts with '///'
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////////////////////////////////////////// <- this is not a doc-comment
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/****************************************
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* *
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* This is also not a doc-comment block *
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* so we don't have to put this in *
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* front of a function. *
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* *
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****************************************/
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```
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Using Doc-Comments
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Doc-comments are stored within the script's [`AST`] after compilation.
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The `AST::iter_functions` method provides a `ScriptFnMetadata` instance
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for each function defined within the script, which includes doc-comments.
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Doc-comments never affect the evaluation of a script nor do they incur
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significant performance overhead. However, third party tools can take advantage
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of this information to auto-generate documentation for Rhai script functions.
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Disabling Doc-Comments
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----------------------
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Doc-comments can be disabled via the `Engine::set_doc_comments` method.
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