Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp

[Stefan Monnier]

> What is the rationale for this kind of comment indentation? It certainly
> doesn't indent the same as `;' or the same as `;;' at the beginning of a
> line. Why insert a single space here - what's the rationale? Why move `;;'
> ever, relative to the rest of its line?

The space is there for aesthetic reasons as well as to make sure the
code and the comment are separate (makes a difference if the code ends
in \ for instance).

Why move it?  Why not?


        Stefan