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What is a comment block and why are they useful?
1 Block Comments. Block comments are used to provide descriptions of files, methods, data structures and algorithms. Block comments may be used at the beginning of each file and before each method. They can also be used in other places, such as within methods.
Why are comments important in programming?
Comments are text notes added to the program to provide explanatory information about the source code. They are used in a programming language to document the program and remind programmers of what tricky things they just did with the code and also helps the later generation for understanding and maintenance of code.
How do you make a block comment?
To comment a block:
- Select the required block of code.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + / The beginning (/*) and ending (*/) characters will be added in the appropriate places in order to mark the selected block as a comment.
How are block comments used in computer programming?
Block comments delimit a region of source code which may span multiple lines or a part of a single line. This region is specified with a start delimiter and an end delimiter. Some programming languages (such as MATLAB) allow block comments to be recursively nested inside one another, but others (such as Java) do not.
Do you need a template for a block comment?
To make entering block comments as painless as possible, we supply outlines of each type of block comment. The idea behind having these templates is that you can use your editor to add a template to your code and then just type in the appropriate information for each section in the template.
Can you have inline comments and block comments in Python?
Python can have both Block Comments and Inline Comments, Block comments apply to the piece of code that it follows. It might apply to a portion of code or the entire code. They are indented to the same level as that code. Each line of comment starts with a #.
Do you prefix all your methods with comment blocks?
Someone once said we should prefix all our methods with the /// comment blocks (C#) but did not explain why. I started to use them and found they annoyed me quite a bit, so stopped using them except for libraries and static methods.