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2.7 Comments
2.7 Comments
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- A comment starts with two adjacent hyphens and extends up to the end of the line.
- Syntax
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- comment ::= --{non_end_of_line_character}
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- A comment may appear on any line of a program.
- Static Semantics
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- The presence or absence of comments has no influence on whether a program is legal or illegal. Furthermore, comments do not influence the meaning of a program; their sole purpose is the enlightenment of the human reader.
- Examples
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- Examples of comments:
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- --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
----------------the first two hyphens start the comment
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