On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 at 03:56, Martin Tournoij <mar...@arp242.net> wrote: > 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?
Consistency, -- we only want one way of comments in code, as with everything else. Following the one way approach, leads to better consistency and less complexity. Besides this, /**/ is the more traditional style. The longer something is in place, the likelier it will be existent even longer ;) Thanks, Anselm