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Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] manual: Create empty placeholder macros for @standards.
On 05/19/2017 02:02 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On 05/19/2017 05:33 AM, Rical Jasan wrote:
>> Header and standards annotations are slated for standardization,
>> including being rendered in the description of functions, variables,
>> etc. (elements), and eventually required. This commit adds @standards
>> dummy macros so we can convert all existing annotations to the new
>> framework while maintaining the rendered status quo.
>>
>> There needs to be a way to provide separate annotations for lists of
>> @*x elements, where a common description is shared. The @standardsx
>> macro fills this role by accepting an additional parameter: the name
>> of the annotated element.
>>
>> * manual/macros.texi (@standards): New macro. Provide
>> placeholder for header and standards annotations.
>> (@standardsx): New macro. Likewise, for lists of @*x
>> elements.
>
> This is OK. Please go ahead and check it in.
Thank you for acknowledging you think this is approach is acceptable,
but I am going to defer committing for now in lieu of the higher level
discussion of @standards in general.
Rical