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

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Message-Id: <9a191e42dbdfaff2835f5f815fd5413815bba0fd.1468369072.git.joe@perches.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:18:28 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"

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:
 
 	/*
-- 
2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8