Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Jul 14 2017, Junio C. Hamano jotted: > >> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> - This may be showing I am not just old fashioned but also am >> ignorant, but I do not see much point in using the following in >> our codebase (iow, I am not aware of places in the existing code >> that they can be improved by employing these features): >> >> . // comments > > [Feel free to ignore this E-Mail and my fascination with C syntax > trivia] > > I wouldn't advocate switching to them on this basis, but since you asked > for cases where things could be improved with // comments: > > The other day I submitted a patch that included this line in a comment: > > + * "t/**.sh" and then conclude that there's a directory "t", Yes, obviously I am very aware of this one. The thing is, I had to do this only once in the 10+ year since project inception. I find that much more relevant anecdata ;-).
