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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2016-07-13 03:18:28 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-08-14 22:56:31 +0300
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CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"
Because Linus may still be reading source code on greenbar paper instead of color terminals with code syntax highlighting and appropriate font decorations. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFyQYJerovMsSoSKS7PessZBr4vNp-3QUUwhqk4A4_jcbg@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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@@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format.
See the files Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst and scripts/kernel-doc
for details.
-Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.
-Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.
-
The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
/*