On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 10:28:51AM -0500, Bobby Powers wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Hiltjo Posthuma wrote:
> > - Don't use C++ style comments (//).
>
> I personally find C++ style comments more pleasant on the eyes for
> single-line comments, and they are part of the C99 spec.
>
> Can someone explain why they think /* */ sucks less than // ? It
> doesn't seem like it is for compatibility when st and dwm require C99
> anyway. An internet search did not turn up much, apologies if I've
> missed an obvious link or previous discussion.
I'm external to the project, but here is my guess: cosmestic part of coding
guidelines for that project.
On a personnal level, I port some of my C99 projects back to C89, since it
seems a C89 compiler is easier to write than a C99 compiler, and some part of
my code could go in C89 only project (i.e. the linux kernel).
My 2c.
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Sylvain
Received on Thu Nov 06 2014 - 16:38:20 CET