From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some problems in `add-log-current-defun' Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20061228.214151.39658002.jet@gyve.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167407237 13716 80.91.229.10 (29 Dec 2006 15:47:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: herberteuler@hotmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 29 16:47:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0Jws-0001ZO-89 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:47:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Jwr-000895-LU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Juf-0007Bo-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Juf-0007B9-Di for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0Juf-0007Ay-6I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H0Jue-0003L2-Vg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1H0JuO-0005Uo-Fv; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:44:36 -0500 Original-To: Masatake YAMATO In-reply-to: <20061228.214151.39658002.jet@gyve.org> (message from Masatake YAMATO on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:41:51 +0900 (JST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:64423 Archived-At: > void ssort(void * base, size_t n, size_t sz, CFT cmp) > /* > Sort the "n" elements of vector "base" into increasing order > using the comparison function pointed to by "cmp". > The elements are of size "sz". > > Shell sort (Knuth, Vol3, pg84) > */ > { > /* ... */ > } > > That seems like common usage -- not weird. It would be nice to handle > that usage correctly. However, if we have never handled it in the > past, I think it is not urgent to fix it now. > > Masatake YAMATO thinks that code is badly formatted. > Masatake, why do you think so? Just because I have never seen such a comment style. The comment looks ordinary to me. It starts with /* at the start of a line, and ends with */ on a separate line. Do you mean the POSITION of the comment is unusual?