Comments on: Can C++ Style comments replace C-Style comments? http://weseetips.com/2008/04/05/can-c-sytle-comments-replace-c-style-comments/ Gold mine of Visual C++ tricks! Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jijo.Raj http://weseetips.com/2008/04/05/can-c-sytle-comments-replace-c-style-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jijo.Raj Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:23:55 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-36 I think that // is not just a replacement for /* */ in order to remove the ending */. CStyle comments have more potential issues such as nested comments which often bite us. Refer Effective C++ for detailed description about why // is recommenced to use. Best C++ coding practices( as I said, Effective C++ ) which floats around us do discourage using CStyle comments. Because they have some drawbacks. Thats why C++ introduced new commenting style. Reading those, an average guy feels that C++ style comment is the best because its more safer. But, this article just points out that everything does have an Achilles heel. I think that // is not just a replacement for /* */ in order to remove the ending */. CStyle comments have more potential issues such as nested comments which often bite us. Refer Effective C++ for detailed description about why // is recommenced to use.

Best C++ coding practices( as I said, Effective C++ ) which floats around us do discourage using CStyle comments. Because they have some drawbacks. Thats why C++ introduced new commenting style. Reading those, an average guy feels that C++ style comment is the best because its more safer. But, this article just points out that everything does have an Achilles heel.

]]> By: Nishad S http://weseetips.com/2008/04/05/can-c-sytle-comments-replace-c-style-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Nishad S Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:06:00 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-35 I am little bit confused that C++ is discouraging the old C style comments. Ofcourse C style comment has some problems, but I think that C++ has only introduced a simple single line comment in the form of "//" rather than a "/* .... */". Am I right? I am little bit confused that C++ is discouraging the old C style comments. Ofcourse C style comment has some problems, but I think that C++ has only introduced a simple single line comment in the form of “//” rather than a “/* …. */”.
Am I right?

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