Comments - Texas Instruments TMS320C6000 Programmer's Manual

5.7 Comments

Figure 5–9. Comments in Assembly Code
As with all programming languages, comments provide code documentation.
Figure 5–9 shows the position of the comment in a line of assembly code.
label: parallel bars
The following are guidelines for using comments in assembly code:
A comment may begin in any column when preceded by a semicolon (;).
A comment must begin in first column when preceded by an asterisk ( *).
Comments are not required but are recommended.
[condition] instruction unit
Structure of Assembly Code
Comments
operands ; comments
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