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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>comment out</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="command-key.html" title="command key"/><link rel="next" href="Commonwealth-Hackish.html" title="Commonwealth Hackish"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">comment out</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="command-key.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Commonwealth-Hackish.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="comment-out"/><dt xmlns="" id="comment-out"><b>comment out</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To surround a section of code with comment delimiters or to prefix
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every line in the section with a comment marker; this prevents it from
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being compiled or interpreted. Often done when the code is redundant or
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obsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intent of the active
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code clearer; also when the code in that section is broken and you want to
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bypass it in order to debug some other part of the code. Compare
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<a href="condition-out.html"><i class="glossterm">condition out</i></a>, usually the preferred technique in
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languages (such as <a href="C.html"><i class="glossterm">C</i></a>) that make it possible.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="command-key.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Commonwealth-Hackish.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">command key<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Commonwealth Hackish</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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