| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: meson files copyright |
| Date: | 2022-12-20 17:25:24 |
| Message-ID: | 20221220172524.gejjifypqx5fhuyp@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2022-12-19 13:33:46 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org> writes:
> > > Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file identifiers?
> >
> > IMO, it helps to tell things apart when you've got a bunch of editor
> > windows open on some mighty samey-looking meson.build files.
>
> On the other hand, maintaining those identification lines in all of
> our files has a pretty high distributed cost. I never use them to
> figure out what file I'm editing because my editor can tell me that.
> But I do have to keep fixing those lines as I create new files. It's
> not the most annoying thing ever, but I wouldn't mind a bit if I
> didn't have to do it any more.
+1
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