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1.3.4 Comments

End-of-line comments in CoCoA start with either -- or //; all text up to the end of the line is considered comment. CoCoA also allows embedded comments; these begin with the symbol /* and end with the symbol */. CoCoA ignores the contents of a comment, and treats it as if it were just a space.

Example

/**/ // This is an end-of-line comment /**/ Print 1+1; -- a command followed by an end-of-comment 2 /**/ A := [1 /*x-coord*/, 2 /*y-coord*/ ]; --> embedded comments

Writing multi-line comment inside /* and */ is strongly discouraged (even though allowed).