Josh Wilmes wrote:
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> We decided some time ago to use /* */ in .c files.
>
> --Josh
>
> At 11:46 on 11/21/2000 GMT, Tim Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 02:54:00AM -0800, Josh Wilmes wrote:
> >
> > > Here's a patch which converts most of the c++ comments in C files into=20
> > > c-style ones. I didn't change anything in the bios or bochs directories.
> >
> > '//' _is_ a C-style comment. See C99.
The deciding issue was that for BSD kernels, they compile
with strict flags that don't account for the new C standard,
including the '//' comments. So in order to allow for
a port, we needed old comments in at least the kernel space.
-Kevin
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