From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []?
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:23:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1dp7v71.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r27yrtm6.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:34:25 -0700")
Hi Chris,
Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Square brackets are used for conditionals, but I also use them for
>> nested entities. I’m pretty sure I didn’t make it up, but I don’t 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’t count. ;-)
We’d need to look for projects not written in C where there’s actual
nesting (GNU C nested functions are rarely used, except in glibc.)
> 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…
Thanks,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-13 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-10 4:14 GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []? Chris Marusich
2019-06-10 9:43 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-13 4:34 ` Chris Marusich
2019-06-13 8:23 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2019-06-14 3:48 ` Chris Marusich
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