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Update attributes for functions RFC with more reasons against comments (#33)

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Why not use comments? This is why.
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@ -87,4 +87,10 @@ Other potential syntaxes that were considered include a Rust-style syntax (`#[at
- Comments being used to control language features and flow means that tooling and users must care about them, which is antithetical to how comments are traditionally used - Comments being used to control language features and flow means that tooling and users must care about them, which is antithetical to how comments are traditionally used
- Attribute-as-comments would naturally conflict with the language in a lot of weird ways and would just cause a lot of problems:
```lua
local f = --!native function() end
print(f)
```
As proposed, attributes would only be applicable on functions at first. They could instead be added to the entire language at once, which would facilitate widespread adoption immediately. However, that is a lot more work, and most of the potential uses for attributes are on functions, so it makes sense to begin with them. As proposed, attributes would only be applicable on functions at first. They could instead be added to the entire language at once, which would facilitate widespread adoption immediately. However, that is a lot more work, and most of the potential uses for attributes are on functions, so it makes sense to begin with them.