On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 12:56:29AM +1300, Martin Tournoij wrote: > The coding style says: > > > Use /* */ for comments, not // > > Don't want to start a discussion about it, but I'm curious why // is > disallowed? AFAIK all compilers accept // these days, and have for a > long time? > > I've always preferred // since they can nest (you can comment out a > function with //-style comments, but not with /* */-style comments), but > maybe I'm missing a downside of //-style comments? > > Thanks, > Martin >
// is not ANSI. I use /* */ and #if 0 for large blocks containing nested /* */ myself. -- # Kind regards, <!-- Hiltjo -->
