Comments and Continuation#

//#

One-line comment: any text following the double slash on the same line will be ignored by Magma.

/*  */#

Multi-line comment: any text between /* and */ is ignored by Magma.

\#

Line continuation character: this symbol and the <return> immediately following is ignored by Magma. Evaluation will continue on the next line without interruption. This is useful for long input lines.

Example: Various (ex-bc5419)#
> // The following produces an error:
> x := 12
> 34;
User error: bad syntax
> /* but this is correct
>       and reads two lines: */
> x := 12\\
> 34;
> x;
1234

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