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Jul 19, 2017 at 15:43 comment added kettlecrab Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Advanced -> Insert * at the beginning of new lines when writing /* */ comments
Jul 19, 2017 at 12:08 comment added SunMan I don't get the Asterisks automatically when I hit Enter in Multi-Line commants. How do we set this setting?
Sep 11, 2014 at 18:34 vote accept kettlecrab
Mar 19, 2014 at 18:09 answer added dgvid timeline score: 5
Mar 19, 2014 at 14:48 comment added gbjbaanb I think its for readability - as the comment text will be automatically lined up without the need for several spaces or a tab, as some sloppy programmers are wont to do. FYI, Visual Studio does not do it for C++ comment blocks.
Mar 19, 2014 at 14:40 answer added user52871 timeline score: 16
Mar 19, 2014 at 13:06 comment added Konrad Morawski I think it's present in a variety of broadly understood C-like (in the syntactic aspect) languages, including eg. PHP
S Mar 14, 2014 at 11:48 history suggested Robbie Dee
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Mar 14, 2014 at 9:57 comment added Robbie Dee N.B. for this style of comment the middle asterisks aren't required. I'd imagine they're just there to aid readability for the case where the IDE (or editor) doesn't have coloured syntax highlighting.
Mar 14, 2014 at 9:27 comment added Keagan Ladds I guess it also aids readability because you can clearly see its a multiline comment.
Mar 14, 2014 at 5:17 comment added Brendan I'd assume this originated in C
Mar 14, 2014 at 3:09 comment added scunliffe This is common in Java too oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/…
Mar 14, 2014 at 2:36 history asked kettlecrab CC BY-SA 3.0