Re: Texinfos handling

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

 Akim> I'm contemplating LaTeX support, so I glanced at the Texinfo code,
 Akim> and started some clean up (white space, will be a separate checkin if
 Akim> accepted: covers only the 4 Texinfo related functions).  

Great!   I also mentioned some issue in the TODO list I posted earlier.
Maybe some of these will fit your plan?

 Akim> I stumble on a simple question: what is the correct style
 Akim> for function calls?  I see there are still many
 Akim> &define_variable, where I would write define_variable
 Akim> (cleaner, enables proto checking, but less Emacs
 Akim> friendly, and therefore slightly less colorful).  Is
 Akim> there a guide line?

No, but maybe we should write one down?  What do you prefer?  My
opinion is that we should never use &, unless necessary.  
& disables prototype checking; while this is convenient in some places,
this sounds like a bad default.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz