what does the following notation mean?
<p>I came across this piece of code and I don't understand it:</p>

<pre><code>catch (MyException &amp; /* q */) {
</code></pre>

<p>What do the <code>/*</code> and <code>*/</code> do? They look like a comment to me but that can't be right. Doesn't a variable need to be specified?</p>
