DB2 inline comments

It's not possible to use inline comments with DB2, a limitation I myself find quite strange. Queries with additional information like
SELECT Names --Usernames
FROM Users
are not possible because of the comment after the select.
Can the parser be configured to ignore '--'-style comments as well as /* ...*/?
SELECT Names --Usernames
FROM Users
are not possible because of the comment after the select.
Can the parser be configured to ignore '--'-style comments as well as /* ...*/?