[Oberon] Easter eggs in Oberon

[Hans Klaver]

Andreas, 

You wrote:

> How about "Exported Comments”?
> 
> These are denoted using TWO consecutive asterisks after the opening bracket, for example (** this is an exported comment *). It signals to a browser that the comment should be included in a DEFINITION module being derived from the module being processed.

Yes, an extra * to mark a comment as 'exported comment' is indeed the only one that failed in the list of uses of the asterisk in Oberon that I collected!  But I would hardly be surprised if someone finds an additional use case...

The full list:

1.  integer multiplication operator
2.  real multiplication operator
3.  set intersection operator
4.  export mark
5.  interrupt procedure
6.  part of comment bracket
7.  stand-alone MODULE*
8.  wildcard character on the command line
9.  the star marker for a viewer
10. * in the parameter list of a command, meaning 
    "take input from the currently marked viewer"
11. mark for exported comment
12. M* denotes the hierarchy consisting of M itself 
    and of all directly and indirectly imported modules

Happy Easter!

--
Hans


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