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To: Raahul Kumar <raahul_da_man@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jules Bean <jules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Say Yes to C++ style comments
From: Daniel Sjölie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:13:03 +0100 
On 2001-11-30 02:36:28, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> 
> --- Jules Bean <jules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > <pedant comment="sorry">
> > 
> > Yes it is.  The current C standard is "ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E), as
> > amended by ISO/IEC 9899:1999/Cor.1:2001 (E)", commonly known as 'C99'.
> > 
> > C99 includes // comments.
> > 
> > Sadly (nay, ridiculously!) the standards group don't *seem* to put the 
> > standard online.  However, the GCC features table makes it clear
> > enough what's in it..
> > 
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html
> > 
> > </pedant>
> 
> I'd like a vote from the current developers and maintainers. Make using //
> comments legal.

Does anyone have an example where freeciv is compiled with a compiler
that cannot handle "//"??

If not I think we should allow it... Even if it might pose a problem for
someone somewhere sometime in the future...

/Daniel

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