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Comment (computer programming)

In computer programming, a comment is text embedded in source code that a translator (compiler or interpreter) ignores. Generally, a comment is an annotation intended to make the code easier for a programmer to understand – often explaining an aspect that is not readily apparent in the program (non-comment) code. For this article, comment refers to the…

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Comment (computer programming)

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples22
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
API document generationinstance ofdo parse comments to provide capabilities0.80text
static analysisinstance ofdo parse comments to provide capabilities0.80text
and version control integrationinstance ofdo parse comments to provide capabilities0.80text
a keyboard shortcutinstance ofthe offending source code can be located.Many IDEs support adding and removing comments with convenient user interface actions0.80text
copyrightinstance ofand legal information0.80text
software licenseinstance ofand legal information0.80text
authorinstance ofa version control tool might write metadata0.80text
dateinstance ofa version control tool might write metadata0.80text
version number into each file when it's committed to the repository.Integrate with development toolsSometimes information stored in comments is used by development tools other than the translatorinstance ofa version control tool might write metadata0.80text
a logoinstance ofwhich are read by IntelliSense from the compiled .NET assembly.VisualizationAn ASCII art visualization0.80text
diagraminstance ofwhich are read by IntelliSense from the compiled .NET assembly.VisualizationAn ASCII art visualization0.80text
or flowchart can be included in a comment.The following code fragment depicts the process flow of a system administration scriptinstance ofwhich are read by IntelliSense from the compiled .NET assembly.VisualizationAn ASCII art visualization0.80text

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