Hi [2018-12-27 00:56] Martin Tournoij <mar...@arp242.net> > 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?
I also prefer // (mostly because to insert those I can just do a block insert in vim/vis). The only downside of //-style comments that I can see is that they are only allowed since C99[0]. Maybe I am missing something too though. Cheers, Silvan [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment_(computer_programming)#C
