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2.7 Comments
1
A
comment
starts with two adjacent hyphens and extends up to the end of the line.
Syntax
2
comment
::=
--{
non_end_of_line_
character
}
3
A
comment
may appear on any line of a program.
Static Semantics
4
The presence or absence of
comment
s has no influence on whether a program is legal or illegal. Furthermore,
comment
s do not influence the meaning of a program; their sole purpose is the enlightenment of the human reader.
Examples
5
Examples of comments:
6
--
the last sentence above echoes the Algol 68 report
end
; --
processing of Line is complete
--
a long comment may be split onto
--
two or more consecutive lines
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the first two hyphens start the comment
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