C++ Comments

[DanDaMan]

Now, we all know that // makes a comment. But I have a question about the compiling of the program? Say you were to make a comment with a whole bunch of underscores to signify a different section of code. Does the amount of comments written in the source code increase the size of the final executed file or make the program any slower, even by a microsecond? Or does C++ just skip right over the comments or automatically delete them while compiling? Thanks in advance =)

[stilllearning]

As far as I know, the compiler should just ignore the comments while parsing your code. So it should not have any effect on executable size or speed.

[WaltP]

stilllearning is correct. The compiler is only interested in the statements that do something so comments are not part of the compiled program.

[DanDaMan]

I see. Thank you very much =)

[Narue]

>Does the amount of comments written in the source code increase the size of the
>final executed file or make the program any slower, even by a microsecond?
No, comments are stripped from the source during compilation.

[Denniz]

Comments are ignored during the parsing stage. It has totally no effect on the final executable.