Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268965AbUIQPmT (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:42:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268881AbUIQPjp (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:39:45 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:36013 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268965AbUIQPgO (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:36:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:35:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jesper Juhl cc: Michael Hunold , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6][4/14] dvb core update In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <414AF2CA.3000502@linuxtv.org> <414AF31B.1090103@linuxtv.org> <414AF399.3030708@linuxtv.org> <414AF41A.6060009@linuxtv.org> <414AF461.4050707@linuxtv.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 19 On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > Besides, didn't C99 make C++ style comments valid for C code as well? > Does CodingStyle have any oppinion on this? We've allowed C++ comments for a longish time as far as I can tell. They are very common, all over the tree according to a quick grep. Admittedly they are more common in certain driver setups than in "general code", but I don't think there is really any reason (other than maintainer preferences) to convert one into the other. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/