This doesn't make the code uglier or harder to read, yet it makes the
code more portable.  This also simplifies checking for other potential
incompatibilities.  "gcc -std=c89 -pedantic" can flag many incompatible
constructs as warnings, but C99 comments will cause it to emit an error.
Signed-off-by: NPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>