* Stupid luser question
@ 2002-10-01 18:14 jbradford
2002-10-01 18:29 ` Eli Carter
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From: jbradford @ 2002-10-01 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:
# grep -F -r "/* { */" *
drivers/video/font_acorn_8x8.c:/* 7B */ 0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x70, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x00, /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi_syms.c:#if defined(CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING) /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h:#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifndef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifdef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#if 0 /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c:#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS /* { */
John.
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* Re: Stupid luser question
2002-10-01 18:14 Stupid luser question jbradford
@ 2002-10-01 18:29 ` Eli Carter
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From: Eli Carter @ 2002-10-01 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jbradford; +Cc: linux-kernel
jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:
>
> # grep -F -r "/* { */" *
>
> drivers/video/font_acorn_8x8.c:/* 7B */ 0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x70, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x00, /* { */
[snip]
Probably folding... possibly from vim/gvim.
If you're curious, look at: http://vim.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/fold.html
:set foldmethod=marker
:set foldmarker={,}
:set foldcolumn=6
Gets folding "mostly right" for C/C++ code. Manually added folds add in
a C comment containing the foldmarker, in this case "/* { */"
and "/* } */"
emacs probably has this feature as well, but I'm a vim person myself. :)
If you are not familiar with folding, look into it. I find it very
useful when dealing with unfamiliar code or looking at program structure.
HTH,
Eli
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* RE: Stupid luser question
@ 2002-10-01 18:36 John Hall
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From: John Hall @ 2002-10-01 18:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: jbradford
On 01 October 2002 19:14 jbradford@dial.pipex.com
<jbradford@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is
> found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:
>
> # grep -F -r "/* { */" *
I would guess that they were put there by someone who uses a folding
editor. If you look for matching #endif's you will find a /* } */.
regards,
john
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* Re: Stupid luser question
@ 2002-10-01 18:30 Petr Vandrovec
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From: Petr Vandrovec @ 2002-10-01 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jbradford; +Cc: linux-kernel
On 1 Oct 02 at 19:14, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:
>
> # grep -F -r "/* { */" *
>
> drivers/video/font_acorn_8x8.c:/* 7B */ 0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x70, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x00, /* { */
Body of character "{"...
> drivers/scsi/scsi_syms.c:#if defined(CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING) /* { */
> drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING /* { */
> drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING /* { */
> drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h:#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* { */
> drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifndef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
> drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifdef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
> drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#if 0 /* { */
> drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c:#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS /* { */
All these are for cooperation with editors which find matching
brace/bracket/... for you:
#ifdef __KERNEL__ /* { */
...
#endif /* } __KERNEL__ */
and then you can quickly jump from ifdef to endif and back even in
editor which does not know about #if/ifdef/else/elif/ifndef/endif...
Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec
vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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