[U-Boot-Users] /* inside comment in libfdt.h

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:47:11PM -0500, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> Jon Loeliger wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 07:13, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
>> Oh man....
>> OK.  For the record, I'm all for only comments like this:
>>     /*
>>      *
>>      */
>> Clearly lax, I'll start enforcing it on the DTC sources more.
>> Sorry.
>> jdl
>
> FWIIW, the misdeed was the sample code embedded inside the comment had a 
> (sample) commented line "// add code here" which was done with a C++ // 
> comment so that it didn't run afoul of the C compiler's no nested comments 
> rule.  A certain dignitary who breaks out in a rash when he sees // 
> comments made a "trivial" change to a /* */ comment, which then caused the 
> C compiler to throw a hissy fit because it now *was* a nested comment.
>
> All in all, a comedy of good intentions.  No Code Was Harmed(R) in the 
> making of this patch sequence.

Oh dear.  Yes, I believe those '//' were deliberate to avoid nested
comments.  Think of them as pseudo-code, not C++ if that makes it any
more palatable.

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