Ulf Lamping wrote:
> stig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb:
>
>>http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=26944
>>
>>User: stig
>>Date: 2008/12/09 05:42 AM
>>
>>Log:
>> From Jim Young (bug 3105):
>> Trivial patch to change two C++ style comments to standard C style comments.
>>
>
>
> Sh..!
>
> Sorry for any inconvenience, seems I'm not learning from my mistakes :-(
>
> BTW: We have dropped support for some platforms in the past
> months/years. Are there still compilers in use that do not support C++
> style comments (they are really nice to have ...)?
Yes there are. The Wireshark suite are C programs - not C++.
There are a number of projects that haven't learnt to ban C99isms and
gcc extensions. They have to be beaten up on regularly. Don't join the
rush to incompatibility.
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There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
-- Dr. Who