Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] replace O_SYNC with O_FSYNC

[Andreas Färber]

Am 21.06.2009 um 01:25 schrieb Jamie Lokier:

> François Revol wrote:
> > > On 06/20/2009 05:31 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> > > > Please [...] use C-style comments instead
> > > > of C++ style comments. [...]
> > >
> > > What do we have against C++ style comments?
> >
> > They are not valid in C code :P
>
> Wrong.
>
> Valid in GNU C for about 14 years, and ANSI/ISO C for about 10  
> years...
>
> I'll be surprised if any C compiler used on any open source operating
> system, or any major commercial C compiler, doesn't accept them.

Gladly even ten-year-old GCC 2.95.x supports 'em. But even a recent  
GCC does not when compiled with -ansi, which is why system headers  
still mustn't use them.

Andreas

> Of course I still forbid them in my code too - they look wrong :-)
>
> -- Jamie