They would still be there, just obfuscated. There is no other way than processing before deploying.Steganographic techniques perhaps?
True, but naturally if one didn't use that tag in the first place then it wouldn't have been a comment but content 👍You can use the <!-- comment tag --> syntax to prevent the browser from displaying things, but the site visitor can still see them via View Source or the developer tools. This may or may not accomplish what you want.
You asked a question but then never responded to any of the comments and suggestions. Has your question been answered? Have we offended you?How may comments be inserted into HTML code without being seen by the browser?