diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index a6508551bb..07f9bf5479 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -1970,18 +1970,25 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) array_init(node ast.ArrayInit) {
 		}
 	}
 	for i, c in node.pre_cmnts {
-		f.comment(c, level: .indent, iembed: true)
 		if i < node.pre_cmnts.len - 1 {
 			if c.pos.last_line < node.pre_cmnts[i + 1].pos.line_nr {
+				f.comment(c, level: .indent)
 				f.writeln('')
 			} else {
+				f.comment(c, level: .indent, iembed: true)
 				f.write(' ')
 			}
 		} else {
-			if c.pos.last_line < node.pos.last_line && node.exprs.len == 0 {
-				f.writeln('')
-			} else if node.exprs.len > 0 {
-				f.write(' ')
+			if c.pos.last_line < node.pos.last_line {
+				f.comment(c, level: .indent)
+				if node.exprs.len == 0 {
+					f.writeln('')
+				}
+			} else {
+				f.comment(c, level: .indent, iembed: true)
+				if node.exprs.len > 0 {
+					f.write(' ')
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		last_line_nr = c.pos.last_line
@@ -2022,10 +2029,11 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) array_init(node ast.ArrayInit) {
 				}
 				if cmt.pos.line_nr > expr_pos.last_line {
 					f.writeln('')
+					f.comment(cmt, {})
 				} else {
 					f.write(' ')
+					f.comment(cmt, iembed: true)
 				}
-				f.comment(cmt, iembed: true)
 			}
 		}
 		if i == node.exprs.len - 1 {
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/array_init_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/array_init_keep.vv
index d26a54e837..3888cc4ea0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/array_init_keep.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/array_init_keep.vv
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 fn main() {
-	arr := [
-		/* test 0 */
-		1,
-		/* test 1 */
-		2,
-		/* test 2 */
-		3, /* 3 */
-		4, /* 4-1 */ /* 4-2 */
-	]
-	arr2 := [
-		'foo',
-		/*
-		'bar',
-		'baz',
-		'spam',
-		*/
-		'eggs',
-	]
 	_ := []int{len: 10, cap: 10, init: 7}
 	_ := []map[string]string{len: 5, cap: 50, init: map{
 		'a': 'a'
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_array_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_array_keep.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ccf2fb789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_array_keep.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+fn main() {
+	_ := [
+		// pre comment
+		6,
+		// and after
+	]
+	_ := [
+		7,
+		// below expr
+	]
+	_ := [
+		8, /* I don't know why this still is a block comment */
+		9,
+	]
+	arr := [
+		// test 0
+		1,
+		// test 1
+		2,
+		// test 2
+		3, /* 3 */
+		4, /* 4-1 */ /* 4-2 */
+	]
+}
+
+fn only_comments_array() {
+	_ := [/* on a single line */ /* too */]
+	_ := [
+		// 1,
+		// 2,
+		// 3,
+	]
+	_ := [
+		/* whatever */ /* this is */ // 3,
+		// 4,
+	]
+}
+
+fn single_line_array_pre_comments() {
+	_ := [/* 2, */ 3]
+	_ := [/* 4, */ /* 5, */ 6]
+	_ := [/* cmt */ -4]
+}
+
+fn single_line_array_iembed_comments() {
+	_ := [1, /* betw single line */ 2]
+	// This caused a bug where the ´-´ was parsed as InfixExpr and not as part of an IntegerLiteral
+	_ := [1, /* cmt */ -4]
+}
+
+fn mixed_comments() {
+	_ := [
+		3 /* iembed */,
+		// keep line comment here
+		// and here
+		5,
+	]
+}
+
+fn keep_real_block_comment() {
+	_ := [
+		'foo',
+		/*
+		'bar',
+		'baz',
+		'spam',
+		*/
+		'eggs',
+	]
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_embedded_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_embedded_keep.vv
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f8b36997b..0000000000
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_embedded_keep.vv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-fn only_comments_array() {
-	arr := [
-		/* 1, */
-		/* 2, */
-		/* 3, */
-		/* 4, */
-	]
-	arr2 := [
-		/* 1, */ /* 2, */ /* 3, */
-		/* 4, */
-	]
-}
-
-fn array_pre_comments() {
-	_ := [/* 2, */ 3]
-	_ := [/* 4, */ /* 5, */ 6]
-	_ := [/* cmt */ -4]
-}
-
-fn negative_num_after_comment_expr() {
-	// This caused a bug where the ´-´ was parsed as InfixExpr and not as part of an IntegerLiteral
-	_ := [1, /* cmt */ -4]
-}
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_expected.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_expected.vv
index c046e1f7af..b2dfbeb640 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_expected.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/comments_expected.vv
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ fn main() {
 	e := c
 	// more comments = more good
 	arr := [
-		/* block foo bar */
-		/* inline foo bar */
+		// block foo bar
+		//   inline foo bar
 		0,
 	]
 	// before arg comment
diff --git a/vlib/v/markused/markused.v b/vlib/v/markused/markused.v
index cefe3c2226..4ab6762ee8 100644
--- a/vlib/v/markused/markused.v
+++ b/vlib/v/markused/markused.v
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn mark_used(mut the_table table.Table, pref &pref.Preferences, ast_files []
 		'tos3',
 		'isnil',
 		'opt_ok2',
-		/* utf8_str_visible_length is used by c/str.v */
+		// utf8_str_visible_length is used by c/str.v
 		'utf8_str_visible_length',
 		'compare_ints',
 		'compare_u64s',
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ pub fn mark_used(mut the_table table.Table, pref &pref.Preferences, ast_files []
 		'compare_u64s_reverse',
 		'compare_strings_reverse',
 		'builtin_init',
-		/* byteptr and charptr */
+		// byteptr and charptr
 		'3.vstring',
 		'3.vstring_with_len',
 		'4.vstring',
 		'4.vstring_with_len',
-		/* byte. methods */
+		// byte. methods
 		'9.str_escaped',
-		/* string. methods */
+		// string. methods
 		'18.add',
 		'18.trim_space',
 		'18.replace',
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ pub fn mark_used(mut the_table table.Table, pref &pref.Preferences, ast_files []
 		'18.substr',
 		'18.at',
 		'18.index_kmp',
-		/* string. ==, !=, etc... */
+		// string. ==, !=, etc...
 		'18.eq',
 		'18.ne',
 		'18.lt',
 		'18.gt',
 		'18.le',
 		'18.ge',
-		/* ustring. ==, !=, etc... */
+		// ustring. ==, !=, etc...
 		'19.eq',
 		'19.ne',
 		'19.lt',
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub fn mark_used(mut the_table table.Table, pref &pref.Preferences, ast_files []
 		'19.le',
 		'19.ge',
 		'19.add',
-		/* other array methods */
+		// other array methods
 		'21.get',
 		'21.set',
 		'21.get_unsafe',
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pub fn mark_used(mut the_table table.Table, pref &pref.Preferences, ast_files []
 		'65557.reverse',
 		'65557.set',
 		'65557.set_unsafe',
-		/* TODO: process the _vinit const initializations automatically too */
+		// TODO: process the _vinit const initializations automatically too
 		'os.getwd',
 		'os.init_os_args',
 		'os.init_os_args_wide',
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/default.v b/vlib/v/pref/default.v
index 15f958d04c..075ff1e3d1 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/default.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/default.v
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub fn (mut p Preferences) fill_with_defaults() {
 	// should go into res.cache_manager.vopts, which is used as a salt for the cache hash.
 	p.cache_manager = vcache.new_cache_manager([
 		@VHASH,
-		/* ensure that different v versions use separate build artefacts */
+		// ensure that different v versions use separate build artefacts
 		'$p.backend | $p.os | $p.ccompiler | $p.is_prod | $p.sanitize',
 		p.cflags.trim_space(),
 		p.third_party_option.trim_space(),