> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:45:10 +0200 > From: Patrice Dumas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:52:27PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > > That place where validation is done _is_ the problem if you don't use > > the switch: tag table entries, xrefs, and node names are @-expanded at > > different points in the code control flow, so if some of them use > > @-commands while others don't, you get validation failures and other > > problems. We don't want to lose validation, do we? > > Indeed. But the documentation says 'Allow `@'-commands in node names.'
Well, I challenge you to find a more accurate description that is at the same time clear to an occasional user and concise enough to fit in the "--help" output ;-) > I also think that it should be the default. Perhaps today we can do that, since the machines are so much more powerful than they were back when I implemented this feature.
