From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Comment conventions, adding an explicit Header. Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:07:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d299eu1d.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87a94dd5hi.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87r3xpbjhb.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87r3xoo8uj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414768005 17795 80.91.229.3 (31 Oct 2014 15:06:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:06:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 31 16:06:38 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XkDmd-0007Dl-N6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:06:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51552 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkDmd-0003C7-6y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:06:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35798) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkDgu-0002F3-Pi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:00:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkCrL-0005NW-K6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:07:31 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:63508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkCrL-0005My-Gq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:07:23 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au4MAOatTlRFpY87/2dsb2JhbABcDoMAg2KGfstTBAICgRwXAQF8hAMBAQMBViMFCws0EhQYDYhvCctyAQEBBwIBH5EIB4RLBZ8SkH2CEYFvgzhcIYJ6AQEB X-IPAS-Result: Au4MAOatTlRFpY87/2dsb2JhbABcDoMAg2KGfstTBAICgRwXAQF8hAMBAQMBViMFCws0EhQYDYhvCctyAQEBBwIBH5EIB4RLBZ8SkH2CEYFvgzhcIYJ6AQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,797,1406606400"; d="scan'208";a="95664574" Original-Received: from 69-165-143-59.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.143.59]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 31 Oct 2014 10:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E2A9262BA; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:07:22 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87r3xoo8uj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (Phillip Lord's message of "Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:02:28 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176071 Archived-At: > Oh, it doesn't need to be there. I am wondering whether it *can* be > there and iff it is, does it break everything. These are just comments, so they won't break anything, no. And yes, you can add them to your files. But I think it'd be better to find a way to make whateveryouredoing work on all files. > I think the latter is nicer, that's all. I'm pretty sure there's a way you can get "the latter" without having to change the file. Stefan