Best practice for embedded code samles? [Was: drm/drv: Use // for comments in example code]

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:32:15 +0200
Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org> wrote:

> I wonder if there is a better way to embed a code sample
> than reverting to // style comments.
> 
> As the kernel do not like // comments we should try to avoid them in
> examples.

If you're embedding a code sample *into a code comment* then I suspect
this is about as good as it gets.  The alternative is to put it in as a
plain literal text block.  That would lose the syntax highlighting; I
think that's an entirely bearable cost, but others seem to feel
differently about it.

Thanks,

jon