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Formatting block comments

The first style of formatting seems to be much more popular than the second. Why is that?

The first (asterisk on every line)

/*
 * line 1
 * line 2
 * line 3
 */

The second (the minimum amount of asterisks)

/*
line 1
line 2
line 3
*/
Solution

  • Probably because it is more readable, in case the comment has a lot of rows you know you are reading a comment even if you do not see the end.