From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GnuTLS and zeroing keys in Emacs
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:07:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lgnndunk.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 40a0b98c-fa93-2183-a4fb-141683f8a042@cs.ucla.edu
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:29:09 -0700 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
PE> I restored those particular comments by installing the attached patch. That
PE> being said, I found the comments to have more cost (in terms of clutter) than
PE> benefit (in terms of useful information conveyed), and similarly for some nearby
PE> comments that I also removed.
Understood. I think this is a balancing act for sure. Thank you for
restoring some of the comments.
PE> Doc strings for functions should use the imperative form, as it is typically
PE> shorter and less likely to be misunderstood. For example the doc string for the
PE> 'length' function begins "Return the length of ...".
I had never noticed that in the docs, and it's explained already in
doc/lispref/tips.texi so I'll make sure to re-read those tips :) Thanks!
Ted
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-14 23:42 GnuTLS and zeroing keys in Emacs Paul Eggert
2017-07-15 19:00 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-07-16 23:53 ` Paul Eggert
2017-07-17 13:52 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-07-17 0:29 ` Paul Eggert
2017-07-17 14:07 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
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