Syntax Question?

Is it possible for someone to write a comment above the first line that is about the matter and have it not affect anything?

That's a veeeery wide question... Since this is an AJAX forum, I'll assume you're talking about a proper AJAX response, which would be an XML document. This is possible:

Code:

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<!-- This comment will not affect the document structure -->
<test>
  <!-- Nor will this -->
  <hello />
</test>

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Thanks for the code