On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:47:11PM -0500, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
Jon Loeliger wrote:
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 07:13, Jerry Van Baren wrote: Oh man.... OK. For the record, I'm all for only comments like this: /* * */ Clearly lax, I'll start enforcing it on the DTC sources more. Sorry. jdl
FWIIW, the misdeed was the sample code embedded inside the comment had a (sample) commented line "// add code here" which was done with a C++ // comment so that it didn't run afoul of the C compiler's no nested comments rule. A certain dignitary who breaks out in a rash when he sees // comments made a "trivial" change to a /* */ comment, which then caused the C compiler to throw a hissy fit because it now *was* a nested comment.
All in all, a comedy of good intentions. No Code Was Harmed(R) in the making of this patch sequence.
Oh dear. Yes, I believe those '//' were deliberate to avoid nested comments. Think of them as pseudo-code, not C++ if that makes it any more palatable.