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Re: [MLB] Comment format changes.
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Robert Boehne |
Subject: |
Re: [MLB] Comment format changes. |
Date: |
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:16:43 -0600 |
Raja R Harinath wrote:
>
> Robert Boehne <address@hidden> writes:
> > Alexandre pointed out that the comments in my pieciwise linking
> > patch weren't up to par. This fixes that.
> [snip]
> > - # expand the library linking commands again to reset the value
> > of $libobjs for piecewise linking
> > - # Do each of the archive commands.
> > + # Expand the library linking commands again to reset the value of
> > $libobjs for piecewise linking.
> > + # Do each of the archive commands.
>
> I think there's also a 80 character width assumption in most GNU
> software. While it is tolerable for code to sometimes exceed 80
> characters, I think comments should be limited to column 72/75.
>
> - Hari
Wow, I just had a flashback to my VAX Fortran 77 days!
I'll be a bit more careful about this in the future.
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