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RE: Please stop putting curly quotes into doc strings!
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Please stop putting curly quotes into doc strings! |
Date: |
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 22:05:43 -0700 (PDT) |
> > Those that represent symbol quotations in doc strings should be removed.
>
> They work fine just as they are, and in some ways they work better than the
> straight quotes do. Users can see them as straight quotes if they like.
>
> There is not a strong argument for removing them.
No strong argument was ever given for adding them.
There was never _any_ argument given for adding them, beyond
your complaint that you find `...' ugly.
You've turned Emacs upside down and inside out, to make it do
what you want. Users and Emacs Dev will be dealing with the
aftermath for a long time to come. Alas, no one stopped you
in your crusade, so here we are.
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