comment out


comment out

[′kä‚ment ′au̇t] (computer science) To render a statement in a computer program inactive by making it a comment.

comment out

(programming)To surround a section of code with commentdelimiters or to prefix every line in the section with acomment marker. This prevents it from being compiled orinterpreted. It is often done to temporarily disable thecode, e.g. during debugging or when the code is redundant orobsolete, but is being left in the source to make the intentof the active code clearer.

The word "comment" is sometimes replaced with whateversyntax is used to mark comments in the language in question,e.g. "hash out" (shell script, Perl), "REM out" (BASIC),etc.

Compare condition out.

comment out

To disable lines of code in a program by surrounding them with comment-start and comment-stop characters. Also called "remmed out." See comments.