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RE: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:29:15 -0800 |
> > 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
Bof !
> as well as to make sure the code and the comment are separate
> (makes a difference if the code ends in \ for instance).
That would mean bugged code, that's all. Same as if you forget a space in
lots of other contexts. Same as if you type `?' or `"' or `x' instead of
`;'.
> Why move it? Why not?
Not moving it means programmers can put `;;' comments where they want them
(e.g. aligning) and have them stay put.
- bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Drew Adams, 2008/02/05
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/10
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/10
- RE: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Drew Adams, 2008/02/10
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/10
- RE: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Drew Adams, 2008/02/10
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/10
- RE: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Miles Bader, 2008/02/10
- Re: bad comment indentation in Emacs Lisp, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/11