Dear Robert,
In message alpine.DEB.2.02.1302030522480.6448@oneiric you wrote:
so what is the actual standard? besides the above, line space above? line space below? because i see all sorts of variations in the code, the most common of which is:
The "standard" is the Linux CodingStyle:
------------------------- snip ---------------------- The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
/* * This is the preferred style for multi-line * comments in the Linux kernel source code. * Please use it consistently. * * Description: A column of asterisks on the left side, * with beginning and ending almost-blank lines. */
------------------------- snip ----------------------
Regarding the space above and blow, I'm not aware of any "standard". Please apply common sense.
which, as you can see, has a leading blank line but not a following one. so what's correct? is this written down somewhere?
Not that I'm aware of.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk