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xx Another way to comment code
« Thread started on: Apr 28th, 2009, 06:47am »
Another way to comment sections of code which people might like, rather than using REM or *| (also *| is not removed when compiled) is this:


:\
\\ you must start the commented area with :\
\\
\\ You can add multiple lines of comment
\\ like this
\\
\\ and this
\\
\\
\\
\\
\\ (you can't leave blank lines)
\\
\\ and you must end with a single backslash
\

I don't know if this commentry is removed by the compiler though.

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xx Re: Another way to comment code
« Reply #1 on: Oct 13th, 2009, 02:44am »
You can also comment your ASM code by inserting

Code:
;\ A comment


or a block of comments with:

Code:
;\ Commentry
;\ More comments
;\ And more....


I haven't yet checked that the 'compile' option ignores these comments but I it does 'compile' with no errors.

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xx Re: Another way to comment code
« Reply #2 on: Oct 14th, 2009, 1:25pm »
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You can also comment your ASM code by inserting ;\ A comment

Do remember, though, that an assembler comment ends at the next colon (for some strange reason known only to Acorn) so what you suggest is potentially misleading because there could be more assembler statements on the same line (which will be rendered in green by the editor).

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xx Re: Another way to comment code
« Reply #3 on: Oct 14th, 2009, 2:56pm »
Ah.

Indeed:
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        ;\ a comment : inc dword [^A%]

compiles correctly but is misleading. So this form should be avoided.

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