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Re: [MLB] Comment format changes.
From: |
Raja R Harinath |
Subject: |
Re: [MLB] Comment format changes. |
Date: |
08 Mar 2001 11:18:25 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/21.0.98 |
Robert Boehne <address@hidden> writes:
> Alexandre pointed out that the comments in my pieciwise linking
> patch weren't up to par. This fixes that.
[snip]
> - # expand the library linking commands again to reset the value of
> $libobjs for piecewise linking
> - # Do each of the archive commands.
> + # Expand the library linking commands again to reset the value of
> $libobjs for piecewise linking.
> + # Do each of the archive commands.
I think there's also a 80 character width assumption in most GNU
software. While it is tolerable for code to sometimes exceed 80
characters, I think comments should be limited to column 72/75.
- Hari
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