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[PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"

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  [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments" Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-07-13 02:20 +0200

#1441927 — [PATCH] CodingStyle: Remove "Don't use C99-style comments"

Because Linus may still be reading source code on greenbar paper
instead of color terminals with code syntax highlighting and
appropriate font decorations.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFyQYJerovMsSoSKS7PessZBr4vNp-3QUUwhqk4A4_jcbg@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
 Documentation/CodingStyle | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index 9a70ddd..19b2e9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -461,9 +461,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format.
 See the files Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt and scripts/kernel-doc
 for details.
 
-Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.
-Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.
-
 The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
 
 	/*
-- 
2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8

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