Comments & Delineation

Comments

//

• Single line comment, text before the next carriage return will be ignored by the compiler.

/* */

• Block comment.
• Text between the two character pairs '/*' and '*/' will be ignored.
• This convention can be used to temporarily disable the execution of sections of code.
• Block comment tags cannot be nested but they can enclose single line comments.

Delineation

:

• Marks the end of a label declaration.
• see on, switch, case, default, label

;

• Marks the end of a statement.

{ }

• Delineates the extent of a compound statement or method declaration.

{ };

• Delineates the extent of a class declaration.