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Commenting your code

As in other programming languages, it is important to include comments in the code. You should comment your code for the following reasons:

• Commented code is easier to debug than code that is not commented.
• If you describe the code on the page, it is easier to make modifications.
• Commented code tends to be better organized.

Comment tag

The ColdFusion comment tag is similar to the HTML comment tag, except that it has three dashes instead of two:

<!--- This is a CFML comment --- >

ColdFusion comments are not returned to the browser because the ColdFusion server processes and omits the comments from the page. The user will never be able to read your comments.

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Comments are no longer accepted for ColdFusion MX 6.1. ColdFusion 8 is the current version.