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title: Enforce proper spacing for declarations with comments
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# Enforce proper spacing for declarations with comments

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `kotlin-code-style/comment-declaration-spacing`

**Language:** Kotlin

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Code Style

## Description{% #description %}

Declarations with comments should be separated by a blank line to improve readability of code.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```kotlin
// some comment 1
bar()
/*
 * some comment 2
 */
foo()
// some comment 1
bar()
/*
 * some comment 2
 */
foo()
// testing 1
/*
 * some comment 2
 */
foo()
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```kotlin
// some comment 1
bar()

/*
 * some comment 2
 */
foo()
```
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