What happens to comments in a minified JavaScript file? How can the browser know when the end of the comment is when everything is condensed to one line? Take this little example, I have Google tracking code like this:

//Google tracking
var _gaq = _gaq || []; 
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', '123456']);

The minified version pulls everything into one line

// Google tracking var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '123456']);

There are more statements, but when I examine the JavaScript code in an editor, it looks like one giant comment (more or less). Is there a hidden character that tells the browser when to end a comment or is this code just not being executed?

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