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author | Russell Bryant <russell@russellbryant.com> | 2007-06-05 14:59:34 +0000 |
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committer | Russell Bryant <russell@russellbryant.com> | 2007-06-05 14:59:34 +0000 |
commit | bcd0bf437acc0fe0535db40fa9407ba641ca6e63 (patch) | |
tree | a05c3fd5fe7527b4f807572f346dfc228ee52335 /doc/CODING-GUIDELINES | |
parent | 05169b004def528583e50caf80b5fb4a13bcebd4 (diff) |
add a note about inline comments
git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@67273 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3
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diff --git a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES index ce6b80ea5..990f5bc1f 100644 --- a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES +++ b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES @@ -484,6 +484,14 @@ Note that /*! */ blocks document the construct immediately following them unless they are written, /*!< */, in which case they document the construct preceding them. +It is very much preferred that documentation is not done inline, as done in +the previous example for member2. The first reason for this is that it tends +to encourage extremely brief, and often pointless, documentation since people +try to keep the comment from making the line extremely long. However, if you +insist on using inline comments, please indent the documentation with spaces! +That way, all of the comments are properly aligned, regardless of what tab +size is being used for viewing the code. + * Finishing up before you submit your code ------------------------------------------ |