On 08/14/2010 11:27 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> btw:
> What's that ^L in the code?
>> +  return diff ? diff : file_name_cmp (*f1, *f2);
>>  }
>>  
>>  /* Compare the contents of two directories named in CMP.

GNU Coding Standards permit the use of a line containing just ^L as a
page separator between logical chunks of code within a single file (this
is also acceptable to C89; since ^L, aka '\f' or form-feed, falls under
the category of allowable whitespace).  It was originally used in the
days of old-style printers to force a new page; but still has use today
in making searching between related chunks of code a bit easier.

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