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Re: [PATCH 3/3] Teach 'diff' about 'nodiff' attribute.

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2007, 11:45 UTC
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<461F6D74.63EF2769@eudaptics.com>
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<200704131230.41594.andyparkins@gmail.com>
Andy Parkins wrote:
> I, personally, wouldn't like to say which is correct in that case - or
> in the "nodiff"/"!diff" question.  However, I don't think it's correct
> to universally rule out all double negative use - they have their
> place.
Yet in Junio's introductory message, the example was
        *       crlf !nodiff
and it made me think: huh? And then again: huh?

I don't mind if you call me dumb now, but even an intelligent person will have to think a second or two about the meaning. That's plainly not necessary. In particular, where there can be no difference between "diff" and "!nodiff".

-- Hannes
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