Comment - Other uses

In computer programming, comments are parts of the source code which, together with its layout, are used to explain the code. Such comments are generally ignored by compilers and interpreters. Comments also exist in many markup languages and hardware description languages. Comment - Usage. Comments could summarise code or explain the programmer's intent. This is called the why rather than how approach. The two are often close, but not always. According to this school of thought, restating the code in ...

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Comment - Summary. (the word "comment" in italics is used here, as an example of a comment): Ada, SPARK, VHDL, ANSI SQL, and TSQL: --comment ALGOL: comment comment; AppleScript: (*comment*) --comment Bash: # comment BASIC (various dialects): 'commentSee also:

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Some programming tools can read structured information in comments in order to generate documentation automatically. Examples include the javadoc program, designed to be used with the Java programming language, Ddoc for the D programming language and doxygen, to be used with C++, C, Java, IDL and others. C# implements a similar feature called "XML Comments" which are read by IntelliSense from the compiled .NET assem ...

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Comment styles are often agreed upon before a project starts. Usually programmers prefer styles that are easy to modify and difficult to break. For example, C-style comments could look like this: /* This is the comment body. */ Or maybe like this: /***************************\ * * * This is the comment body. * * ...

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Comments could summarise code or explain the programmer's intent. This is called the why rather than how approach. The two are often close, but not always. According to this school of thought, restating the code in plain English may be a waste of time; the need to explain the code may be a sign that it is too complex and should be rewritten. "Don't document bad code – rewrite it" (The Elements of Programming Style, Kernighan & Plauger). "Good comments don't repeat the code or explain it. T ...

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