- 8ch indent, no tabs, except for files in man/ which are 2ch indent,
and still no tabs
-- We prefer /* comments */ over // comments, please. This is not C++, after
- all. (Yes we know that C99 supports both kinds of comments, but still,
- please!)
+- We prefer /* comments */ over // comments in code you commit, please. This
+ way // comments are left for developers to use for local, temporary
+ commenting of code for debug purposes (i.e. uncommittable stuff), making such
+ comments easily discernable from explanatory, documenting code comments
+ (i.e. committable stuff).
- Don't break code lines too eagerly. We do *not* force line breaks at
80ch, all of today's screens should be much larger than that. But