#
The characters
/*
start a comment, which terminates with the characters
*/
.
These comments do not nest
.
The characters
/
start a comment, which terminates immediately before the next new-line character
.
[
Note
1
:
The comment characters
/
,
/*
, and
*/
have no special meaning within a
/
comment and are treated just like other characters
.
Similarly, the comment characters
/
and
/*
have no special meaning within a
/*
comment
.
—
end note
]