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27.1; Tcl mode enforces bad indentation following proc within a namespace

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From: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: anticrisisg <at> gmail.com, 44834 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#44834: Fix for failing indentation of Tcl procs nested in namespace
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:03:35 -0800

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>   >   assign to the FSF the copyright for your contributions.  (If a
>>   >   line contains a symbol, consider it nontrivial.)  Ask on
>
> I don't quite understand what you mean by "if a line contains a symbol".
> Do you mean that strings or comments don't count?

Yes, "non-blank lines added/changed" seems preferable, simply because it
is clear and unambiguous.

 - I think Richard may have implied that a line with a symbol is a
   sufficient condition for nontriviality, but it isn't clear if
   intended it to be a necessary condition. I suspect he meant
   "sufficient", but I think many people would interpret it as a
   "necessary" condition.

 - The meaning of "symbol" is not immediately clear in non-lisp code
   such as C, makefiles, scripts, etc.

 - If a commit completely rewrites a long comment or doc string, should
   it be considered "trivial" for the purposes of copyright?

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