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It is faster to type // than /* ... */ . Any time you type the same character twice it is much faster than typing two separate characters. Further because I

It is faster to type // than /* ... */ . Any time you type the same character twice it is much faster than typing two separate characters. Further because I write a lot of JavaScript too I sometimes make the mistake of putting a // -comment into my CSS which breaks things. And when things break in CSS you usually don't get a clear error-message about it. It is always difficult to switch between two languages. I would prefer something like JavaScript stylesheets, if that was possible.

dylan604 5y ago
Unless you are commenting out multiple lines/blocks of code.
- galaxyLogic 5y ago
  True. But the IDE can of course help. In WebStorm I can select multiple lines of code and press Ctrl-/ to have them all turned into single-line comments if they were not, and uncomment them if they were. Single-line comments have the benefit that it is always clear to the reader which lines are comments. Whereas if you use multi-line comments to comment a large section of code it is no longer clear when reading it whether it is indeed "inside" a comment. And finally having both types of comments available is useful because you can multi-line-comment a section which already contains // -comments, whereas you can not multi-line comment a section which already contains multi-line comments.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Commenting a comment is still a comment. // => //// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // just like those devs that like to decorate their code with ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /* * type of stuff */ Edit: almost forgot my shell friends ######################## ## works too ########################
    - galaxyLogic 5y ago
      > Commenting a comment is still a comment But what about the below, does it work in your language? I assume it may work in some languages but not all. /* let a = 1; /* a is one */ let b = 2; */
      - dylan604 5y ago
        I can definitely see where that could cause some issues. Personally, I don't like the /**/ style comments either. I was just playing devil's advocate.

dylan604 5y ago

Unless you are commenting out multiple lines/blocks of code.

galaxyLogic 5y ago
True. But the IDE can of course help. In WebStorm I can select multiple lines of code and press Ctrl-/ to have them all turned into single-line comments if they were not, and uncomment them if they were. Single-line comments have the benefit that it is always clear to the reader which lines are comments. Whereas if you use multi-line comments to comment a large section of code it is no longer clear when reading it whether it is indeed "inside" a comment. And finally having both types of comments available is useful because you can multi-line-comment a section which already contains // -comments, whereas you can not multi-line comment a section which already contains multi-line comments.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Commenting a comment is still a comment. // => //// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // just like those devs that like to decorate their code with ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /* * type of stuff */ Edit: almost forgot my shell friends ######################## ## works too ########################
  - galaxyLogic 5y ago
    > Commenting a comment is still a comment But what about the below, does it work in your language? I assume it may work in some languages but not all. /* let a = 1; /* a is one */ let b = 2; */
    - dylan604 5y ago
      I can definitely see where that could cause some issues. Personally, I don't like the /**/ style comments either. I was just playing devil's advocate.