RE: [Dev-C++] Comment Delimiters

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Yes, it is always good to have definned coding rules for new projects,
but:
1 - /* */ doesn't support nesting except for some compilers.
2 - it is not uncommon for a project to inherrit code, and that code might
use /* */ or might even be in C.

The only two safe methods of deactivating a large block of code is to
either delete the lines, or to #ifdef them. With good source control, the
code delete is preferable since it's WYSIWYG. However, a lot of people
doesn't use CVS or SourceSafe et. al at home, and then it is very easy to
permanently loose deleted code lines.

/Per W

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Ioannis Vranos wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Per Westermark [mailto:pw...@ia...] On Behalf
> > Of Per Westermark
> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:56 AM
> > To: Ioannis Vranos
> > Cc: 'Dev-Cpp-Users'
> > Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Comment Delimiters
> >
> >
> > Often the one asking a question don't really know exactly
> > what they want -
> > or at least doesn't specify it clearly enough.
> >
> > Yes, multiline comments should of course use /* ... */ but
> > very often when
> > someone gets bothered about commenting away a large number of
> > lines, they
> > are not thinking about a big block-comment, but a large block
> > of unwanted
> > code.
>
>
> I did not understand what you mean but a very good commenting style is this:
>
>
> For comments use only //.
>
> Use /* */ only for debugging purposes.
>
>
>
>
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