comment style
Stephen Clamage
steve at taumet.com
Sun Jan 13 05:05:57 AEST 1991
andrew at resam.dk (Leif Andrew Rump) writes:
>Just a single question: Does TC warn you about comment (/*) inside
>a comment (//)? If not then _I_ will never mix // and /**/ and maybe
>even abandon // completely!!!
Comments do not nest. A // introduces a comment which extends *to*
(not through) the end of the line. There is no problem in mixing the
two styles. For example:
// foo(bar); /* I'm not sure if I want this call */
The entire line can be commented out by placing the // at the start, and
has no effect on any other code in the program. Similarly:
/*
foo(bar); // for foo-ish systems
fee(fie); // for foo-ish or fee-sh systems
*/
The two line can be commented out with the /* */ even though they contain
//-style comments.
A consistent commenting style is helpful. I use // for trailing inline
comments, and /* */ for block comments.
--
Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve at taumet.com
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