Roberto Ragusa wrote:
Are you sure about this "//" rule? No mention in CodingStyle and
too much infringing code already accepted.
Single line comments "//" are not part of the ANSI/ISO C programming language standard. They were only introduced in the C99 standardisation.
As to the CodingStyle of the Linux Kernel? I personally despise it, but at least it is a consistent standard - the greatest benefit can be had if everyone sticks to it. There are programs out there (such as indent) that can go a long way towards reformatting the code to what it needs to be.
An interesting bit of history, the // comment came from BCPL (pre-cursor to C), but K&R C dropped it. It was resurrected for C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup.
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