Write comment

To write a comment, you specify the parameter comment  in the next line of PADEL command on which the comment is attached. Do not be confused with the comment described with Section3.9; The comment described here is the comment that is written in PAD figure.

The comment is drawn at right of the PAD box. For example, this PADEL

    {
        {
            sum = 0
            N = 100
        }
        // pad2ps: comment = /* initialization */
    
        for(i = 1, N)
            sum = sum + i * i
            // pad2ps: comment = /* calculate the sum of the square */
    }

will create the following:

You cannot insert an empty line between the comment and the corresponding statement or block. This is because the comment, unlike messages, is not treated as a statement but is treated as an attachment. Thus, you did not have to put the loop in { } (braces)  in the previous example.

When attaching a comment onto a loop, you should put the parameter in the next line of innermost, repeated command. Therefore, the following is invalid:

    for(i = 1, N)
    /* pad2ps: comment = Calculate the sum of the square */
    {
        sum = sum + i * i
    }

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Sun Nov 10 01:36:04 JST 1996