Re: Block Comments Or Rest-Of-Line Comments?

On 23/03/2024 03:58, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:02:47 +0100, David Brown wrote:
 

On 21/03/2024 22:16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:37:57 +0200, Mikko wrote:
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On 2024-03-21 06:19:13 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro said:
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      gdImageCopyResampled
        (
          /*dst =*/ ResizedFrame,
          /*src =*/ Context.StillFrame, /*dstX =*/ 0,
          /*dstY =*/ 0,
          /*srcX =*/ 0,
          /*srcY =*/ 0,
          /*dstW =*/ ResizedFrame->sx, /*dstH =*/ ResizedFrame->sy,
          /*srcW =*/ Context.StillFrame->sx,
          /*srcH =*/ Context.StillFrame->sy
        );

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I prefer to put the argument names at the end of the line.

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But putting them in front of the values looks more like the syntax in
languages (like Ada and Python) that do allow specification of argument
keywords.

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And maybe, in future, if it becomes valid in C (or some successor),
then updating the code should be as simple as removing the comment
symbols.
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Why would you want your C code to look like Python?

 Is “Python” some kind of trigger word with you? Soon as you see that, a
switch clicks off in your brain, and you are incapable of focussing on
anything else that was said?

No, I am quite happy with Python, and use it regularly.  It is simply that Python and C are very different languages, and I see no benefit in trying to make one look like the other.  (And I talked more about Python than Ada because my knowledge of Ada is a lot more limited compared to my knowledge and experience with Python - and I expect that pattern is common amongst other people in c.l.c.)