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@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ format (see examples below) so that code documentation
can be generated automatically. All nontrivial functions should have a comment
above them explaining what the function does, even if it is just one sentence.
All structures and their member variables should be documented, too.
+Impersonal form must be used for the function and parameter
+descriptions, e.g. "Set the bikeshed color." is favored over "Sets the
+bikeshed color.".
@example
/**
* @@file mpeg.c
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