On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Vik Fearing <v...@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. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
