// discard obsolete comments while inside methods or fields initializer (see bug 74369)

	super.checkComment();

	if (!(this.diet && this.dietInt==0) && this.scanner.commentPtr >= 0) {

		flushCommentsDefinedPriorTo(this.endStatementPosition);

	}

	int lastComment = this.scanner.commentPtr;

	if (this.modifiersSourceStart >= 0) {

		// eliminate comments located after modifierSourceStart if positionned

		while (lastComment >= 0 && Math.abs(this.scanner.commentStarts[lastComment]) > this.modifiersSourceStart) lastComment--;

	}

	if (lastComment >= 0) {

		// consider all remaining leading comments to be part of current declaration

		this.modifiersSourceStart = Math.abs(this.scanner.commentStarts[0]); 

		// check deprecation in last comment if javadoc (can be followed by non-javadoc comments which are simply ignored)	

		while (lastComment >= 0 && this.scanner.commentStops[lastComment] < 0) lastComment--; // non javadoc comment have negative end positions

		if (lastComment >= 0 && this.javadocParser != null) {

			int commentEnd = this.scanner.commentStops[lastComment] - 1; //stop is one over,

			// do not report problem before last parsed comment while recovering code...

			this.javadocParser.reportProblems = this.currentElement == null || commentEnd > this.lastJavadocEnd;

			if (this.javadocParser.checkDeprecation(lastComment)) {

				checkAndSetModifiers(ClassFileConstants.AccDeprecated);

			}

			this.javadoc = this.javadocParser.docComment;	// null if check javadoc is not activated

			if (currentElement == null) this.lastJavadocEnd = commentEnd;

		}

	}