Re: [MLB] Comment format changes.

[Robert Boehne]

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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