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

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:54:26 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Alan Cox 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.
>
> > This patch replaces every one of 'em that I can find with C-style
> > /* */ comments.
>
> A worthy battle but one I fear lost

Very lost. It's part of the new ISO spec. It's not a GNUism either - there
are tons of C compilers that accept them and have for years. ISO also long
long and inline and a select few other niceties. Mmm.

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