[linux-dvb] Re: [RFC][ANNOUNCE] blindscan: auto search everything

[Peter Urbanec <linuxtv.org.dvb@urbanec.net>]

Roberto Ragusa wrote:

> Are you sure about this "//" rule? No mention in CodingStyle and
> too much infringing code already accepted.
>  
Single line comments "//" are not part of the ANSI/ISO C programming 
language standard. They were only introduced in the C99 standardisation.

As to the CodingStyle of the Linux Kernel? I personally despise it, but 
at least it is a consistent standard - the greatest benefit can be had 
if everyone sticks to it. There are programs out there (such as indent) 
that can go a long way towards reformatting the code to what it needs to be.

An interesting bit of history, the // comment came from BCPL (pre-cursor 
to C), but K&R C dropped it. It was resurrected for C++ by Bjarne 
Stroustrup.

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