From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []? Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:48:26 -0700 Message-ID: <87d0jg3jzp.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87wohucc03.fsf@gmail.com> <875zpd7p3u.fsf@gnu.org> <87r27yrtm6.fsf@gmail.com> <87k1dp7v71.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51846) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbdCd-0004tL-Gp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:48:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbdCc-0005Wm-Ga for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:48:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k1dp7v71.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:23:44 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ludo, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Chris Marusich skribis: > >> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> >>> Square brackets are used for conditionals, but I also use them for >>> nested entities. I=E2=80=99m pretty sure I didn=E2=80=99t make it up, = but I don=E2=80=99t know >>> where I took it from! >> >> I didn't realize that. It makes sense, though! Is using it for nested >> entities a common GNU ChangeLog idiom? > > It is in Guile and Guix, but that doesn=E2=80=99t count. ;-) > > We=E2=80=99d need to look for projects not written in C where there=E2=80= =99s actual > nesting (GNU C nested functions are rarely used, except in glibc.) I see. That's fair, since Guile and Guix are not the entire world. >> If so, I wonder if it's worth adding it to the GNU Standards document. > > Maybe, though be aware that attempting to change the Standards can be > time-consuming and frustrating=E2=80=A6 I can imagine. Maybe it isn't worth expending the effort for something that seems so trivial, especially since as you mentioned we would need to be able to point to a lot of projects and say, "They do it, too." I'm content just knowing how it's used in Guile and Guix! Thank you. =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAl0DGQoACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp14nxAAnvzb3ifsT8z+luGZN9NKyaunTQOpgdJEx7G6iYc4GhDAVo8MLWClM6Wo mvYy+NL7XxgKkfoCplorum2yyBcKAz0u++qPlDHc3FV37CaT669QuSNtGfd3hE30 px/PSlYKFdTg3C5FRtEb0nuE552HaPpDCp4hH67Bx0r67uay+tt11VaNDpdhE6Uf qt7ljVTTt1Iknaqq1qmDfMzT97je8ZAq0APdLZcKP1+3kEhRepdh8chDDBqSf1Np uUz/iGHQRj48pgI2y/7VZnAsOxyMeNdjso1BxXni6Oy2Qiy7LiFppDjwlcVXI/Re FUAluFJ59ss1ad4febNSuViJqLVFMFHdm3pqqZ0FlzCneZOwO3abVJj5DI4OeB9Q bMrzVVktNgKNdI2PaTj8xl12AJBojLHJgMW+9xlL9PlrCIqI7jdxwAOAz2Ffa9Xz quzi9M74LJPAkM81veHfliNdoHrc/NViAYpaRA/NuwPtOjwE7gxCGExE76iPuX04 HktEYk+8dM4S5IH28Kgy40FT8laLs9gBXsg+2zRPMwjuInbhLfkkiXahhHvWgqag 97YRA1eE1/pCjGRwzwM34YNb0z8Etpp/EMx0RD7dKfxbSVsZEShNxeIzaGK3ygeQ 01oIgtOE1mV50wuKHPoYVLp5Txajzg09brGV+buG/xf2azid7J0= =OXDK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--