Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:46:47 +0200

> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:25:21 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
> 
> The Emacs manual uses "@:" in many places where it needn't.
> Sometimes the @: has no effect, e.g., "Jay K.@: Adams".

Why do you say it has no effect in this case?