Author/Authors :
Farooq, M.S. Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan , Farooq, M.S. University of Management and Technology - Department of Computer Science, Pakistan , Khan, S.A. Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan , Abid, K. University of the Punjab - Department of Electrical Engineering, Pakistan , Ahmad, F. University of Central Punjab - Faculty of Information Technology, Pakistan , Naeem, M.A. University of the Punjab - Department of Electrical Engineering, Pakistan , Shafiq, M. University of the Punjab - Institute of Quality Technology Management, Pakistan , Abid, A. University of Management and Technology - Department of Computer Science, Pakistan
Abstract :
Comments have an important role in software development. Especially medium to large scale projects have a reasonably large code base. Useful and good quality comments play a significant part while maintaining and evolving such projects. In this work we present a taxonomy of comments based on their styles, parsing rules, recursivity, and usage. We also present quality design considerations which the programming languages should ensure so that the support of comments should be free of any side effects.
Keywords :
Comments , programming languages , block comments , inline comments
