Does commented out code affect compilation speed? - RunUO

IHaveRegistered · 01-31-2007, 10:41 PM

I was wondering if commented out code would affect compilation speed... For example, say you had like... massive amounts (like a 2mb document) of just pure commented code, would that affect it any?

Ray · 02-01-2007, 07:47 AM

No.
I mean, technically, yes, because the first stage of compilation has to strip all commentation blocks. But in comparision with all the other parts of the whole compilation, this really doesnt affect speed in a serious way. The next stage doesnt know about comments at all, so it doesnt matter how much code-comments you have.

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Ray Forum Novice Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Switzerland Age: 25 Posts: 234	No. I mean, technically, yes, because the first stage of compilation has to strip all commentation blocks. But in comparision with all the other parts of the whole compilation, this really doesnt affect speed in a serious way. The next stage doesnt know about comments at all, so it doesnt matter how much code-comments you have.

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