boxed comments
<programming> Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called
because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style
similar to this:
/*************************************************
*
* This is a boxed comment in C style
*
*************************************************/
Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a
matching row of asterisks closing the right side of
the box. The sparest variant omits all but the
comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied.
Opposite of winged comments.
[Jargon File]
(1997-07-21)
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