Re: [hatari-devel] Remove C++-style comments

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On 03/11/2024 at 13:17, Thomas Huth wrote:
Honestly, I'm not sure whether we should really enforce the comment markers
in Hatari like this. Using "/* ... */" was important 20 - 30 years ago when
not all C compileres were able to deal with "//" comments yet, but these
times are clearly over.

Well, it's just a matter of standard.

- If you decide that Hatari is written in C89, then you must forbid // comments, as they aren't part of the standard.

- But if you decide that Hatari is written in C99, then you should allow // comments, as they are part of the standard. Except if you want to ban // comments for some other reason. Every project has his own rules.

Just my 2 cents.

--
Vincent Rivière



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