[Patches] [ python-Patches-835100 ] C++ comments invalid in C source files

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Patches item #835100, was opened at 2003-11-03 07:52
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Category: Modules
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: The Written Word (Albert Chin) (tww-china)
Assigned to: Gregory P. Smith (greg)
Summary: C++ comments invalid in C source files

Initial Comment:
The IBM C compiler does not like C++ comments in C
source files.

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>Comment By: Gregory P. Smith (greg)
Date: 2003-11-03 13:40

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Applied to both HEAD (2.4cvs) and release23-branch.  Could
we have the python configure script tell gcc to disallow C++
comments in .c files to catch these mistakes earlier?

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Comment By: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Date: 2003-11-03 12:07

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Python coding standards don't like 'em either.  Easy to fix.



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