Software Code Comment
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A Software Code Comment is a comment in software code items.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be ignored by Software Compiler.
- It can (often) help Programmers understand nearby Source Code.
- See: Programming Tool, Computer Programming, Annotation, Source Code, Computer Program, Markup Language, Configuration File, Automatic Programming.
References
2019a
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming) Retrieved:2019-11-5.
- In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the purpose of making the source code easier for humans to understand, and are generally ignored by compilers and interpreters.[1] [2] The syntax of comments in various programming languages varies considerably.
Comments are sometimes processed in various ways to generate documentation external to the source code itself by documentation generators, or used for integration with source code management systems and other kinds of external programming tools.
The flexibility provided by comments allows for a wide degree of variability, but formal conventions for their use are commonly part of programming style guides.
- In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the purpose of making the source code easier for humans to understand, and are generally ignored by compilers and interpreters.[1] [2] The syntax of comments in various programming languages varies considerably.
- ↑ Source code can be divided into program code (which consists of machine-translatable instructions); and comments (which include human-readable notes and other kinds of annotations in support of the program code).
- ↑ For purposes of this article, programming language comments are treated as indistinct from comments that appear in markup languages, configuration files and other similar contexts. Moreover, markup language is often closely integrated with programming language code, especially in the context of code generation. See e.g., ,
2019b
- Brian Hannaway. (2019). “The Importance of Comments for Maintainable Code - Do you use comments?."
- QUOTE: ... as developers we have a responsibility to go beyond implementing functional requirements and write code that’s easy to read, understand and maintain.
- Good Structure — classes with a single responsibility, functions that do one thing.
- Descriptive Naming — classes, functions, and variables should have clear, descriptive names.
- Unit Test Coverage — unit tests describe how a component should behave. As well as testing expected behavior they act as a form of component specification.
- Comments — comments provide important information that can’t easily be expressed by the code. ... write your comments with less experienced developers in mind.
- QUOTE: ... as developers we have a responsibility to go beyond implementing functional requirements and write code that’s easy to read, understand and maintain.
2006
- Jeff Atwood. (2006). “Code Tells You How, Comments Tell You Why."
1985
- (Knuth, 1985) ⇒ Donald Knuth. (1985). “Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs."
- QUOTE: ... Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. ...