From: Van L <van@scratch.space>
To: npostavs@gmail.com
Cc: 35595@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35595: subr.el Commentary + Code sections
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 13:40:23 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A02DA2E-E698-4F25-BB66-FC7C2365FBDD@scratch.space> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85pnouxds6.fsf@gmail.com>
> On 8 May 2019, at 05:31, npostavs@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> ;; Beware: while this file has tag `utf-8', before it's compiled, it gets
>> ;; loaded as "raw-text", so non-ASCII chars won't work right during bootstrap.
>
> Not sure if this really qualifies as "introductory comments that explain
> how the library works." Also, where it says "has tag `utf-8'" what is
> it referring to? A coding cookie that was since removed perhaps?
To quote from htdp.org/prologue:
...>8
… comments are intended for human readers. It is a “back channel” of
communication between the author of the program and
all of its future readers to convey information about the
program.
...>8
*Magic Numbers* …
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-08 3:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-05 23:27 bug#35595: [PATCH] ; update Van L
2019-05-07 19:31 ` bug#35595: subr.el Commentary + Code sections npostavs
2019-05-08 3:40 ` Van L [this message]
2019-05-08 11:45 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-05-08 23:31 ` Van L
2019-06-23 17:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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