no c++-style comments

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@18605 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970

diff --git a/doc/coding-style b/doc/coding-style
index 87a918f64ace9cc70f6034c570225ce2d8853798..e4c99967a3faa8d82896ee80a1b70ca19cc64f85 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coding-style
+++ b/doc/coding-style
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ the c-hanging-comment-starter-p and the c-hanging-comment-ender-p
 variables to nil.  This will be done by the tentative "krb5" style for
 the emacs cc-mode.
 
+Since we are mostly aiming for C '89 compatibility, don't use "//"
+comments.
+
 Spaces go after keywords, but not after function names.  Do not,
 however, put a space after sizeof.  Don't put a space after a cast
 operator, either.  Spaces also do not go before parentheses that are