C# coding style: comments

Question

Most C# style guides recommend against the /* ... */ commenting style, in favor of // or ///. Why is the former style to be avoided?

Answer 1

/* */ is fine for multi-line code blocks. For instance at the top of a code file, copyright info etc.

// is easier for single line.

Always use /// for at least all public members in a class as your XML documentation gets generated from that from which you can create help files.