:boxed comments: n. Comments (explanatory notes attached to program
instructions) that occupy several lines by themselves; so called
because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box
in a style something like this:
/*************************************************
*
* This is a boxed comment in C style
*
*************************************************/
Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add
a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The
sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves;
the `box' is implied. Oppose {winged comments}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
instructions) that occupy several lines by themselves; so called
because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box
in a style something like this:
/*************************************************
*
* This is a boxed comment in C style
*
*************************************************/
Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add
a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The
sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves;
the `box' is implied. Oppose {winged comments}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- boxed comments n.
Comments (explanatory notes attached to
program instructions) that occupy several lines by themselve
o called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style something like thi... - winged comments: n. Comments set on the same line as code, as
opposed to {boxed comments}.
In C, for example: d = sqrt(x*x + y*y); /* distance from origin */ Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that line.... - winged comments n.
Comments set on the same line as code,
as opposed to boxed comments.
In C, for example: d = sqrt(x*x + y*y); /* distance from origin */ Generally these refer only to the action(s) taken on that line.... - FIXME: imp. A standard tag often put in C comments near a piece of
code that needs work.
The point of doing so is that a `grep' or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly.... - oaster: n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an
embedded microprocessor controlle
often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see {elevator controller}).... - oaster n.
1. The archetypal really stupid application
for an embedded microprocessor controlle
often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller).... - FIXME imp.
[common] A standard tag often put in C
comments near a piece of code that needs work.
The point of doing so is that a grep or a similar pattern-matching tool can find all such places quickly.... - C: n. 1. The third letter of the English alphabet. 2.
ASCII 1000011. 3. The name of a programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s and immediately used to reimplement {{UNIX}}... - comment out: vt. To surround a section of code with comment
delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment
marke
his prevents it from being compiled or interpreted....
