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[Simon Marlow]

On 01 April 2005 08:02, Sven Panne wrote:

> Simon Marlow wrote:
>> Actually I would have gone the other way and converted them all to
>> //. I rather like //, especially since /*...*/ doesn't nest
>> properly.  The coding style document (in the commentary) also
>> mentions that the use of // is encouraged. [...]
> 
> Hmmm, I wasn't aware about that style issue, sorry. But anyway, code
> like 
> 
>     #if BLAH
>     ...
>     #endif // BLAH
> 
> simply doesn't work with all CPPs, one has to use /* */ here to avoid
> compatibility issues.

That's probably something we ought to mention in the coding style doc
then - would you mind adding a wee note?

Cheers,
	Simon