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

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Jul 12 2016 - 20:18:51 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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:

/*
--
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