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What does `M` stand for in the restrict AngularJS option?

What does M stand for in the restrict AngularJS option?

From AngularJS Developer Guide - Directives documentation I see that the:

The restrict option is typically set to:

...

'C' - only matches class name

'M' - only matches comment

But in order to avoid memorizing that C is for class and M is for comment, I would like to understand why the M is used.

I did not find anything about it on the internet. My guess is that the m is the next consonant letter in the word comment after the c and since the c is already taken by comment the m is used.

Solution

  • This does exactly what it says it does - allows a directive to be matched to a comment.

    Thus:

    directive('yourDirective', function() {
    return {
        restrict: 'M',
        template: '<span>Something in here</span>'
    };
});

    Can be used like this:

    <!-- directive: your-directive -->