</p>

<ol>
<li>
<i>Line comments</i> start with the character sequence <code>//</code>
and stop at the end of the line.
</li>
<li>
<i>General comments</i> start with the character sequence <code>/*</code>
and stop with the first subsequent character sequence <code>*/</code>.
</li>
</ol>

<p>
A comment cannot start inside a <a href="#Rune_literals">rune</a> or