Re: [PATCH] 2.3.14 remove all C++ // comments and replace them with /* */

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
19 Aug 1999 15:41:07 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.E11Ha9e-00079F-00@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> build on a Mastodon system, because of excessive GNUisms) system, and I
>> got a HUGE collection of complaints about the C++ comments (via gcc
>> 2.7.0).
>
>Cringe. I wouldnt trust a 2.7.0 built kernel to run.

Possibly not. I'll find out when 2.4 comes out (I can crash a
2.3.x kernel pretty simply even if it's compiled with 2.7.2.3,
so I couldn't accuse anyone of a crash.)

>> This patch replaces every one of 'em that I can find with C-style
>> /* */ comments.
>
>A worthy battle but one I fear lost

Probably, but it didn't take much time to produce the patch. If
I was going to be anal about it, I'd hack out // handling in cpp,
but that would break EVERYTHING the free software community has
written in the last two years.

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