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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 13:38:37 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot] GCC 7.x vs. C++ comments
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Dear Tom,

In message <20180509111627.GD12235@bill-the-cat.ec.rr.com> you wrote:
>=20
> > What=E2=80=99s your preferred solution:
> > 	(a) change these comments
> > 	(b) change our Makefiles to let GCC know that we are compiling gnu99/C=
99?
> >=20
> > Neither solution is too appealing to me, so I am asking...
>
> Lets go with (b) which I guess what a more modern toolchain defaults to
> anyhow.  Thanks!

I disagree.  UI-Boot always discouraged the use of C++ comments, see
for example bullet # 5 at [1]. We should clearly fix the comments,
please.

[1] http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Coding

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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