Re: lisp/ChangeLog coding system

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Wed, 1 May 2002, Richard Stallman wrote:

> Actually changing the file seems rather drastic.
> I think we should start with what Dave Love just sent us,
> which is just to ask for extra confirmation.

I don't have Dave's changes handy to look--did they actually allow to 
produce a file with "coding: foo" and encoded in something that isn't 
`foo'?  If so, I think it's not a good idea to produce such a file, as it 
almost certainly will create problems when it is visited.