On 02/06/2010 00:38, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > DJ Delorie <d...@redhat.com> writes:
>>>> * Use C-style comments for multi-line comments, and C++-style comments >>>> for single-line comments. >>> I'm not sure i agree with this, because I don't see anything wrong >>> with multi-line C++-style comments. >> It assumes your editor can do block-reformatting while preserving the >> comment syntax. I've had too many // cases of Emacs guessing wrong // >> and putting // throughout a reformatted // block. > > I don't see why the coding standard should prohibit using a good > editor, but I'm willing to hear what other people think. I don't think the coding standard should be dragged into the religious wars over editor choices. cheers, DaveK