Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:58:26 -0400 (EDT) | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.3.14 remove all C++ // comments and replace them with /* */ |
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david parsons writes:
> I'm not sure that this is even wanted, or if it's needed, but I was > building 2.3.14 this morning on my old SLS (the standard kernels won't > build on a Mastodon system, because of excessive GNUisms) system, and I > got a HUGE collection of complaints about the C++ comments (via gcc > 2.7.0). > > This patch replaces every one of 'em that I can find with C-style > /* */ comments.
You might as well rip out C++ style function prototypes and void. Face it, C has evolved. The ISO even requires the nice comment style.
I think you can make gcc 2.7.0 accept the nice comments. You can hack the spec file or add a command argument.
C evolved from languages that used // for comments. Now they return. Yay! The /* comments were a bad joke designed to make IBM terminal drivers puke... well, at least they did. I suggest you write a patch to remove the old /* comments. :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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