>Dave Higton wrote > My reference suggests that an HTML comment is /not/ a legal Javascript > comment. Perhaps you should open a discussion with the author of the > above application. I would, of course, be very interested to know the > conclusion!
Dave - below is an extract from the "Ecma Standard definition of the ECMAScript 2015 Language", Assuming that that JavaScript is entirely defined by the ECMAScript standard, it seems clear that html style comments are valid. ***************************************************************** "Annex B (normative) Additional ECMAScript Features for Web Browsers" ... B.1.3 HTML-like Comments The syntax and semantics of 11.4 is extended as follows except that this extension is not when parsing source code using the goal symbol Module: Syntax Comment :: MultiLineComment SingleLineComment SingleLineHTMLOpenComment SingleLineHTMLCloseComment SingleLineDelimitedComment MultiLineComment :: /* FirstCommentLineopt LineTerminator MultiLineCommentCharsopt */ HTMLCloseCommentopt FirstCommentLine :: SingleLineDelimitedCommentChars SingleLineHTMLOpenComment :: <!-- SingleLineCommentCharsopt SingleLineHTMLCloseComment :: LineTerminatorSequence HTMLCloseComment SingleLineDelimitedComment :: /* SingleLineDelimitedCommentCharsopt */ HTMLCloseComment :: WhiteSpaceSequenceopt SingleLineDelimitedCommentSequenceopt --> SingleLineCommentCharsopt SingleLineDelimitedCommentChars :: SingleLineNotAsteriskChar SingleLineDelimitedCommentCharsopt * SingleLinePostAsteriskCommentCharsopt SingleLineNotAsteriskChar :: SourceCharacter but not one of * or LineTerminator SingleLinePostAsteriskCommentChars :: SingleLineNotForwardSlashOrAsteriskChar SingleLineDelimitedCommentCharsopt * SingleLinePostAsteriskCommentCharsopt SingleLineNotForwardSlashOrAsteriskChar :: SourceCharacter but not one of / or * or LineTerminator WhiteSpaceSequence :: WhiteSpace WhiteSpaceSequenceopt SingleLineDelimitedCommentSequence :: SingleLineDelimitedComment WhiteSpaceSequenceopt SingleLineDelimitedCommentSequenceopt Copyright Ecma International 2015 page 523 ***************************************************************** --