Mention style for references.

[pintos-anon] / doc / standards.texi

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@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ them too, especially chapter 5, ``Making the Best Use of C.''  Using a
 different style won't cause actual problems, but it's ugly to see
 gratuitous differences in style from one function to another.
 
+Pintos comments sometimes refer to outside standards or
+specifications by writing a name inside square brackets, like this:
+@code{[IA32-v3]}.  These names refer to the reference names used in
+this documentation (@pxref{References}).
+
 @node Conditional Compilation
 @section Conditional Compilation