> Should I also s?\*?/?g, on the lead-in to the function header > comment block, (in addition to introducing each subsequent line with > the C++ style '//')?
Even after reading it twice I'm not exactly sure what you mean :-) Please show an example. >>> + * Returns (+ve) number of input characters stored into caller's >> >> What is `+ve'? > > I've always understood it to be universally accepted -- at least in > mathematical, scientific, and engineering circles -- as an > abbreviation for "positive". I'm quite firm in reading such stuff, and up to now I've *never* seen this. So please simply say `positive'. In general, I think we are using far too much abbreviations everywhere... > Maybe the comment could be more explicit? Everything else looks fine, thanks. Werner