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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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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: andast@kth.se, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2019-09-24T22:13:13Z
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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".

			regards, tom lane

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  1. doc: Update note about source code formatting