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#2791 — Section 11.4 fails to specify the comment forms

• bug_id: 2791
• creation_ts: 2014-05-01 11:14:00 -0700
• short_desc: Section 11.4 fails to specify the <!-- and --> comment forms
• delta_ts: 2014-12-31 12:51:51 -0800
• product: Draft for 6th Edition
• component: editorial issue
• version: Rev 24: April 27, 2014 Draft
• rep_platform: All
• op_sys: All
• bug_status: RESOLVED
• resolution: DUPLICATE
• dup_id: 2610
• priority: Normal
• bug_severity: enhancement
• everconfirmed: true
• reporter: Oliver Hunt
• assigned_to: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• cc: jmdyck

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• commentid: 8089
• comment_count: 0
• who: Oliver Hunt
• bug_when: 2014-05-01 11:14:18 -0700

Section 11.4 (comments) fails to specify handling and syntax of <!-- and --> comments

<!-- comments act as single line comments, e.g. //
--> comments also act as a single line comment if they're the first non whitespace symbol on a line.

So
SingleLineComment ::
// SingleLineCommentChars{opt}

Should probably become
SingleLineComment ::
// SingleLineCommentCharsopt
<!-- SingleLineCommentCharsopt
LineTerminator --> SingleLineCommentCharsopt

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• commentid: 8126
• comment_count: 1
• who: Michael Dyck
• bug_when: 2014-05-04 11:24:45 -0700

(Changing this bug's 'Product' from 'ECMA-262' to 'Draft for 6th Edition', since section 11.4 is "Comments" only in the 6th edition drafts.)

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• commentid: 8236
• comment_count: 2
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2014-05-08 18:13:04 -0700

Actually, this is intended to go into B.1.3

It it really that simple? http://javascript.spec.whatwg.org/#comment-syntax says that

/*
*/ --> xxx

is also a valid single line comment.

Not sure about

/**/ --> xxx

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• commentid: 11287
• comment_count: 3
• who: Allen Wirfs-Brock
• bug_when: 2014-12-31 12:51:51 -0800

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2610 ***