[lex.comment]

# 5 Lexical conventions [[lex]](./#lex)

## 5.4 Comments [lex.comment]

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/lex.tex#L512)

The characters /* start a comment, which terminates with the
characters */[.](#1.sentence-1)

These comments do not nest[.](#1.sentence-2)

The characters // start a comment, which terminates immediately before the
next new-line character[.](#1.sentence-3)

[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

The comment characters //, /*,
and */ have no special meaning within a // comment and
are treated just like other characters[.](#1.sentence-4)

Similarly, the comment
characters // and /* have no special meaning within a/* comment[.](#1.sentence-5)

â *end note*]
