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| author | brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> | 2013-10-12 00:45:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2013-10-14 12:48:06 -0700 |
| commit | b75a6ca7f3ab793e61b3229d29dceb7a4ec07cbc (patch) | |
| tree | 5fc645c88665cf206bb77e2b901e64273ff53a53 /Documentation/CodingGuidelines | |
| parent | 110f415ce87730db48baae086b8c5f1344451bf4 (diff) | |
| download | git-b75a6ca7f3ab793e61b3229d29dceb7a4ec07cbc.tar.gz | |
CodingGuidelines: style for multi-line comments
The style for multi-line comments is often mentioned and should be documented
for clarity.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/CodingGuidelines')
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index e5ca3b75d3..a600e35c81 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ For C programs: they were describing changes. Often splitting a function into two makes the intention of the code much clearer. + - Multi-line comments include their delimiters on separate lines from + the text. E.g. + + /* + * A very long + * multi-line comment. + */ + - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation at all. |