28.9.1. GNU GAS assembler comments

In this tutorial, we use exclusively C Preprocessor /**/ comments because:

  • they are the same for all archs

  • we are already stuck to the C Preprocessor because GNU GAS macros are unusable so we need #define

  • mixing # GNU GAS comments and #define is a bad idea ;-)

But just in case you want to suffer, see this full explanation of GNU GAS comments: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15663280/how-to-make-the-gnu-assembler-use-a-slash-for-comments/51991349#51991349

Examples: