comment out
Make code dormant
To comment out code is to mark it so the computer ignores it during execution, typically by adding special characters that designate the lines as comments rather than instructions.
Programmers comment out code to temporarily disable it while debugging or testing alternatives, preserving it for potential future use: I commented out the logging statements to speed things up.
The opposite action is to uncomment.
- omitLeave something out
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- excludeBar from participation
- dead codeProgram logic never executed
- ignoreRefuse to notice
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