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bug#35595: subr.el Commentary + Code sections


From: Van L
Subject: bug#35595: subr.el Commentary + Code sections
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 13:40:23 +1000

> On 8 May 2019, at 05:31, npostavs@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> ;; Beware: while this file has tag `utf-8', before it's compiled, it gets
>> ;; loaded as "raw-text", so non-ASCII chars won't work right during 
>> bootstrap.
> 
> Not sure if this really qualifies as "introductory comments that explain
> how the library works."  Also, where it says "has tag `utf-8'" what is
> it referring to?  A coding cookie that was since removed perhaps?

To quote from htdp.org/prologue:

...>8

… comments are intended for human readers. It is a “back channel” of 
communication between the author of the program and
all of its future readers to convey information about the
program.

...>8

*Magic Numbers* …






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