Pine Script v6 Best Practices for Writing Comments: Inline and Block Comment Techniques for Professional Code
Readable, maintainable Pine Script code depends heavily on disciplined commenting habits. Whether you are building a personal indicator or publishing a library for the TradingView community, well-structured comments transform opaque logic into self-documenting systems that any developer can audit, extend, or debug with confidence. 1. The Only Comment Syntax in Pine Script v6 Before diving into best practices, one critical fact must be established: Pine Script v6 supports only single-line comments using the // prefix. The /* */ block comment syntax familiar from C, JavaScript, or Java does not exist in Pine Script and will produce a compile error ( CE10156 ) if used. Syntax Supported in v6? Notes // single line ✅ Yes The only valid comment syntax /* block */ ❌ No — CE10156 Compile error; do not use To comment out multiple lines...