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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: C pointer semantics with dynamically allocated struct
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glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>
> (snip on quoting rules for usenet)
>
>> I sometimes reformat quoted text (not code), particularly if
>> the original text has very long lines, changing *only* spacing
>> and line breaks.  I've done so with the quoted paragraph above.
>> I usually don't bother to mention it.
>
> My news host requires posts to mostly fit in 80 columns.
> (Usually it will allow a small number of long lines, 
> especially URLs.)  So I often have to reformat line breaks.
>  
>> I don't do this for code samples.
>
> I sometimes remove blank lines from code samples, and maybe reformat
> if lines are longer than 80 columns. 
>
> I might only quote part of a code sample, that is, remove lines
> before and after the part of interest, especially if it is long.
>
> I didn't know that there was an actual rule before, though.

I don't know that there's an actual rule.  I've seen documents that
discuss "netiquette", but I haven't read any of them lately.  I
generally just try to follow common sense.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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