linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"

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Date:	Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:55:14 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"

On Tue, 2016-07-12 at 17:18 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Because Linus may still be reading source code on greenbar paper
> instead of color terminals with code syntax highlighting and
> appropriate font decorations.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFyQYJerovMsSoSKS7PessZBr4vNp-3QUUwhqk4A4_jcbg@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/CodingStyle | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> index 9a70ddd..19b2e9c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
> @@ -461,9 +461,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format.
>  See the files Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt and scripts/kernel-doc
>  for details.
>  
> -Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.
> -Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.
> -
>  The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
>  
>  	/*

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