Re: [rfc/remote] Tell remote stubs which signals are boring

Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-26T21:16:36Z

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 02:11:25PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
> (Thanks, Mark, for asking about this!) Please don't use a space to
> mark the end of the packet name. At the moment, the remote protocol
> documentation uses spaces just for clarity; if they become meaningful,
> then we're going to have to revamp our manual notation --- again.
>
> The text in "Overview" suggests using ',', ';', or ':'.

Typo in the documentation. The top of the general query packets page
is quite clear that it ought to be a colon, and so it is. Thanks.

> > Each listed SIGNAL, using the same signal numbering used in
>
> I'd like to see "and syntax" added here --- I assume that's so?

How much syntax is there to a single number?

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