linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: do not use C++ style comments in uapi headers

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Date:   Tue, 04 Jun 2019 04:23:15 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: do not use C++ style comments in uapi headers

On Tue, 2019-06-04 at 20:13 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On the other hand, uapi headers are written in more strict C, where
> the C++ comment style is forbidden.

Is this a real problem for any toolchain?