Comment statements are not assembled as part of the object module,
but are only printed in the assembly listing. You can write
as many comment statements as you need, provided you follow these
rules:
- Comment statements require an asterisk in the begin column. Internal macro definition comment statements require a
period in the begin column, followed by an asterisk. Internal macro
comments are accepted as comment statements in open code.
- Any characters of the EBCDIC character set, or double-byte character set can be used (see Character set).
- Comment statements must lie within the statement field. If the
comment extends into the continuation-indicator field, the statement
following the comment statement is considered a continuation line
of that comment statement.
- Comment statements must not appear between an instruction statement
and its continuation lines.