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+Record your position on "how to be more careful" here.
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+* 2002/02/14 21:21:21 ttn
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+i think tom has some good points, although the formalism is a bit heavy.
+definitely, digging through mailing list archives is suboptimal.  once i get
+1.4.1 (and .2, etc, if required) out, i'll organize an archeological dig to
+get all the proper bits (and xref) locked down.