Stupid luser question

Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:

# grep -F -r "/* { */" *

drivers/video/font_acorn_8x8.c:/* 7B */ 0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x70, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x00, /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi_syms.c:#if defined(CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING) /* { */

drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING          /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING          /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h:#ifdef __KERNEL__      /* { */

drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifndef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifdef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#if 0 /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c:#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS /* { */

John.

[snip]

Probably folding... possibly from vim/gvim.

If you're curious, look at: http://vim.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/fold.html
:set foldmethod=marker
:set foldmarker={,}
:set foldcolumn=6
Gets folding "mostly right" for C/C++ code. Manually added folds add in a C comment containing the foldmarker, in this case "/* { */" and "/* } */"

emacs probably has this feature as well, but I'm a vim person myself. :)

If you are not familiar with folding, look into it. I find it very useful when dealing with unfamiliar code or looking at program structure.

HTH,

Eli
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