> > That looks like cargo cult programming.
Now it all makes sense, having been explained the background. This is why I asked what "NS" stood for, because "namespace" wouldn't have made sense from the varying contexts. Thank you! On 27 February 2017 at 00:40, Ingo Schwarze <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > oops, just noticed when looking at John's initial message: > > John Gardner wrote on Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 07:38:52PM +1100: > > > I'm digging through Groff's source, and I found this puzzling acronym > > littered throughout tmac/doc-common-u: > > > .\" NS Dd user macro (not parsed, not callable) > > .\" NS set document date > > .\" NS > > .\" NS modifies: > > .\" NS doc-date-string > > .\" NS doc-command-name > > .\" NS > > .\" NS local variables: > > .\" NS doc-date-XXX > > .\" NS > > .\" NS width register `Dd' set above > > That looks like cargo cult programming. > > Only the first and the last of these lines should have the "namespace" > marker, and the last line in addition violates syntax and should look > more like this: > > .\" NS Dd register - width needed for the document date (set above) > > But maybe it's not very important, quite possible nobody ever used > the namespace checking feature after Cynthia left... > > Yours, > Ingo >
