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How multi line comments differ from single line comments

Kindly don't add symbolic difference, explain the advantage.

21st Sep 2017, 1:27 AM
Rocky
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Multiline comments can be done as // comment line 1 // comment line 2 // comment line 3 and they don't accidentally go too far. /* comment 1 x++; /* comment 2 */ In this example, x doesn't get incremented. Given the number of times in Pascal code these bugs slipped in a huge project I worked on, I refuse to use them, unless I truly need an inline comment.
21st Sep 2017, 2:40 AM
John Wells
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Actually, there is one reason I used a multiline comment. c = 3.14 /* pi */ * 2 * r; It lets you sneak a comment within a code statement.
21st Sep 2017, 1:45 AM
John Wells
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It is easy to forget to close the multiline comment and end up having code you believe is executed not be. Otherwise, there isn't a difference.
21st Sep 2017, 1:41 AM
John Wells
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Multiline comments can be more than one line, single libe comments can be used in a single line before it starts a code again
21st Sep 2017, 2:23 AM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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ok thank you.
21st Sep 2017, 1:42 AM
Rocky
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Got it so it cleared the concept.
21st Sep 2017, 5:26 AM
Rocky
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