<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
<a href="#String_literals">string literal</a>, or inside a comment.
A general comment containing no newlines acts like a space.
Any other comment acts like a newline.
</p>