That change is to avoid compilation warnings like these: ../../../open64/osprey-gcc-4.2.0/gcc/system.h:609:25: warning: C++ style comments are not allowed in ISO C90
This warning appears when using newer versions of gcc (> 4.2?) as the build compiler. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Sun Chan <sun.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > just curious, most of the change is comments from C++ "//" to C style. Why? > Sun > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM, David Coakley <dcoak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> Could one of the gatekeepers please review the attached code cleanup >> patch? It is intended to eliminate the compilation warnings seen when >> building osprey-gcc-4.2.0. Changes are mostly cosmetic; the details >> are: >> >> - Follow gcc 4.2.0 coding conventions and use C89-style comments and >> declarations. >> - Correct the prototypes for the mangle_decl hook function. >> - Clarify "(DECL_REGISTER(t) && DECL_HARD_REGISTER(t))" condition. >> - Ensure global variable "bases" is initialized. >> >> Also, I have not heard from anyone about my last patch, posted one week >> ago: >> >> >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=AANLkTilfr9A_vws0DGwitrIoj6g4eMtRwXCmM_sIGqKF%40mail.gmail.com >> >> I would like to request that the gatekeepers acknowledge incoming >> patches more quickly. Thanks, >> >> -David Coakley / AMD Open Source Compiler Engineering >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint >> What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? >> Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first >> _______________________________________________ >> Open64-devel mailing list >> Open64-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open64-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Open64-devel mailing list Open64-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open64-devel