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From: "Steve Doiel" <nospam_steved@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Comments at the End of Lines
Date: 1999/07/03
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John Duncan wrote in message <7lir0r$og1$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu>...
>> Finally, not related to Ada, a C style guide I was asked to review had a
>rule
>> that said not to put comments at the end of lines.
>
>I'm not exactly sure, but if you consider the C example, comments on the
>same line tend to be used to "explain" a very mangled semantic structure.
As
>far as the meaning of each line is concerned, you shouldn't need comments
at
>the end of the line. Consider:
>
>Beta := Sqrt(X); -- Assign sqrt(x) to beta
>
You'll have a hard time persuading me that you need comments on separate
lines for the following code (declarations).

  pieceLength  : Float; -- inches
  pieceArea     : Float; -- square feet
  pieceVolume : Float; -- cubic feet

SteveD