GNU bug report logs - #23902
25.1.50; Strange warning on string-collate-equalp's docstring

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, oscarfv <at> telefonica.net, 23902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23902: 25.1.50; Strange warning on string-collate-equalp's docstring
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 13:06:43 -0400

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  > > Are the spaces before the closing comment delimiter (delimiting
  > > the docstring) significant?

  > You mean, before the closing "*/" ?  No, these are not significant.

  > > When not, why are they used?

  > To keep C comments in their usual GNU C style, I suppose.

We often put two spaces there so that M-e will see it as the
end of a sentence.

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