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. -- Sylvain
