[3546] in java-interest
Re: declaration v.s. definition ambiguity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Daconta)
Wed Nov 15 22:06:10 1995
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 16:16:56 -0700 (MST)
To: "R. Mark Volkmann"<m224873@svmstr01.mdc.com>
From: daconta@PrimeNet.Com (Michael Daconta)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
At 09:39 AM 11/14/95 -0600, R. Mark Volkmann wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 09:32:41 -0700
>>From: garya@village.org (Gary Aitken)
>>
>>It would be really
>>nice if /** comments in the code could be preserved in the .class file (new
>>option for javac?), and output by javap. One could then program in a style
>>which allowed shipping a .class file from which javap could extract a
>>reliable, well documented api.
>
>I'm new to Java. Why would you want to use a /** comment instead of //?
>Does it do something different? How does /** differ from /*?
>
Hi Mark,
/** is a special comment type used for automated document generators.
- Mike
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