What is special about a double-slash-star comment in JavaScript?
So I've come across some interesting JS comment syntax in the past (e.g. /*! for minifiers, * on new lines in block comments, encapsulated string literals, etc) but recently I've been seeing more of //* to start off comments.
After trying it out in my editor, I discovered many popular themes actually highlight these comments in special colors to stand out to the user. Naturally I use it to signal more important notes and method specifications, but I'm wondering what the actual usage of //* comments is. Does it actually signal anything to some software (like a minifier?) or is it safe to use as a stylistic choice?
Here is an example of what I mean:
// normal comment
//* would be some accent color in many editors
FWIW this does not occur with slash-star (/*) block comments, but there is an accent color present on new lines within the block comment that begin with *, although this is more of a standard styling choice so I don't believe they are related.
It is just to highlight an important note
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