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Re: Do not use C++ style comments (// comments). Strict ANSI Ccompilers do not accept them. - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Do not use C++ style comments (// comments). Strict ANSI Ccompilers do not accept them.
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In response to Re: Do not use C++ style comments (// comments). Strict ANSI C compilers do not accept them.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2019-09-25 00:13, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> PostgreSQL 12 requires C99, so those guidelines should probably be
>> rephrased from "because old compilers don't accept it" to "because we
>> like it that way".
> 
> Yeah, or more formally "to encourage consistent coding style".

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