Highlighting is meant to create "visual handles" on the code so your eyes can quickly jump to beginning/end of function/loop to figure out the scope of the comm

Highlighting is meant to create "visual handles" on the code so your eyes can quickly jump to beginning/end of function/loop to figure out the scope of the comment. If you put the comment first , it's like replacing the floor numbers in an elevator with the warning signs. At most , you'd highlight just the word "WARNING:" or "TODO:" etc. Anything more is clutter