On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 09:48, Simon Roby wrote: > Why not just asking the mamedevs to scrap all C++ style comments in the > mame source code once and for all? Isn't the use of C++ style comments > in C code a violation of ISO C standards? Besides, unless they DON'T > WANT mame to be as portable as possible, I don't see why this has to stay.
C++-style comments are now C99 compliant (see: http://wwwold.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/newinc9x.htm) which makes them valid C. But, not all compilers are C99 compliant yet. Since Windows MAME relies on a very specific compiler, that's not a problem for them. But since xmame needs to be more portable, we're left with the comment problem. In this case, the comments are correct but a lot of compilers are still outdated. -Brian _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
