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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2016-07-12 17:18:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-08-14 13:56:31 -0600 |
| commit | a78a136fa9337fdc25fdbaa2d253f9b4dc90ad44 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b16f67f209d43b0abea48d7dbe2d3ed1bcb1152 /Documentation/CodingStyle | |
| parent | 865a1caa4b6b886babdd9d67e7c3608be4567a51 (diff) | |
CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"
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_jcbg@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingStyle | 3 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 784226e396fe..0f1dbd87eb48 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format. See the files Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst 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: /* |