Hi Chris, Chris Marusich <[email protected]> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > >> Square brackets are used for conditionals, but I also use them for >> nested entities. I’m pretty sure I didn’t make it up, but I don’t know >> where I took it from! > > I didn't realize that. It makes sense, though! Is using it for nested > entities a common GNU ChangeLog idiom? It is in Guile and Guix, but that doesn’t count. ;-) We’d need to look for projects not written in C where there’s actual nesting (GNU C nested functions are rarely used, except in glibc.) > If so, I wonder if it's worth adding it to the GNU Standards document. Maybe, though be aware that attempting to change the Standards can be time-consuming and frustrating… Thanks, Ludo’.
