Because Linus may still be reading source code on greenbar paper instead of color terminals with code syntax highlighting and appropriate font decorations.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ca+55afyqyjerovmssosks7pesszbr4vnp-3quuwhqk4a4_j...@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- Documentation/CodingStyle | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 9a70ddd..19b2e9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -461,9 +461,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format. See the files Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt and scripts/kernel-doc for details. -Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style. -Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments. - The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: /* -- 2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8
