== Why is this an issue?

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=== Exceptions

When a block contains a comment, this block is not considered to be empty unless it is a ``++synchronized++`` block. ``++synchronized++`` blocks are still considered empty even with comments because they can still affect program flow.

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== Comments And Links
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