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Re: [bug-diffutils] bug: diff -r swaps the files it should check
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [bug-diffutils] bug: diff -r swaps the files it should check |
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Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:10:29 -0600 |
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On 08/14/2010 11:27 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> btw:
> What's that ^L in the code?
>> + return diff ? diff : file_name_cmp (*f1, *f2);
>> }
>>
>> /* Compare the contents of two directories named in CMP.
GNU Coding Standards permit the use of a line containing just ^L as a
page separator between logical chunks of code within a single file (this
is also acceptable to C89; since ^L, aka '\f' or form-feed, falls under
the category of allowable whitespace). It was originally used in the
days of old-style printers to force a new page; but still has use today
in making searching between related chunks of code a bit easier.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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