OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress 4GL Reference /* Comments */

Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

/* Comments */

Allows you to add explanatory text to a procedure between the /* and */ characters.

Syntax
/* comment */ 
comment
Descriptive text.
Note: Comments can be nested.
Examples

This example uses comments to document the history of procedure modifications:
r-comm.p
/* Procedure written  9/5/87 by CHC
             revised  9/27/87 by DG */

FOR EACH customer:
    DISPLAY cust-num name contact phone.
END. 
The following example uses comments to describe what the procedure does:
r-comm2.p
/* step through unshipped orders */
FOR EACH order WHERE ship-date = ?:
  /* display order date, promise date, terms */
  DISPLAY order-date promise-date terms. 
  /*
    FOR EACH order-line OF order:
      /* display all order-lines of each order */
      DISPLAY order-line.
    END.
  */
END. 
The comment symbols that enclose the inner FOR EACH block turn that block into a comment for testing purposes. Since you can nest comments, Progress correctly processes any comments already in the bypassed code.