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On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:33:39 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> wrote:

> It's at most 50 lines of code.  Hardly worth a separate file.

Ok, although there are like 73 .el files of < 100 lines already. ;)

> But if we can reduce the amount of code necessary to get it right,
> I think it's a plus.

Of course.

> In any case, I don't care much either way.

Me neither, in fact.

> Yes, of course, but it has its own shortcomings.

Sure. Anyway, you're the expert and obviously you've thought about it
quite a bit.


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