Hi, On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> >> > * 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, Rather they should not prohibit the use of "non-good" editors. > but I'm willing to hear what other people think. I always liked the GNU coding standard for comments, to not put the comment leader onto each line (a '*' in C comments), for specifically the reason of easier formatting with random editors. Allowing multi-line C++ comments would reintroduce this awkwardness that I dislike in some other projects. Ciao, Michael.