On 2022-12-19 Mo 15:09, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 19.12.22 19:33, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org> writes:
>>>> Perhaps a bit off-topic, but what is the point of the file
>>>> identifiers?
>>>
>>> IMO, it helps to tell things apart when you've got a bunch of editor
>>> windows open on some mighty samey-looking meson.build files.
>>
>> On the other hand, maintaining those identification lines in all of
>> our files has a pretty high distributed cost. I never use them to
>> figure out what file I'm editing because my editor can tell me that.
>> But I do have to keep fixing those lines as I create new files. It's
>> not the most annoying thing ever, but I wouldn't mind a bit if I
>> didn't have to do it any more.
>
> I agree it's not very useful and a bit annoying.
Not sure I agree the cost is high, but yes it's not quite zero either. I
can see a bit more value when it's used with files we have a lot of like
meson.build.
cheers
andrew
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