On 02/06/2010 00:38, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> DJ Delorie <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> * Use C-style comments for multi-line comments, and C++-style comments
>>>> for single-line comments.
>>> I'm not sure i agree with this, because I don't see anything wrong
>>> with multi-line C++-style comments.
>> It assumes your editor can do block-reformatting while preserving the
>> comment syntax. I've had too many // cases of Emacs guessing wrong //
>> and putting // throughout a reformatted // block.
>
> I don't see why the coding standard should prohibit using a good
> editor, but I'm willing to hear what other people think.
I don't think the coding standard should be dragged into the religious wars
over editor choices.
cheers,
DaveK
