Re: /* */ style comments in C++ sources

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 20:31:44 +0000
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
> 
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 21:57:17 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Is there a way to tell Emacs to use the C-style comments in C++
> > sources?  (I couldn't find that in the CC Mode manual.)
> 
> No, there is no (reasonable) way to tell CC Mode what style of comments
> one prefers.
> 
> People have asked about this before.  It seems like it would be a useful
> facility to add.

Indeed, it would.  The rationale for me is projects like GDB, which
switched from C to C++, but still prefer C-style comments for some
reason.  (Maybe GCC also prefers that, I don't know.)

> Though it might take a surprisingly large amount of work to
> implement.

I'm surprised.  Why is that?

> I'll think about it.

Thank you.