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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt SVG renderer
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2008-08-05 22:36:07
Message-ID: g7akkn$ne$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Chani wrote:
> if we removed all comments and whitespace from source code, those files would 
> be much smaller and compile to the same code.
> 
> that doesn't make it a good idea. :)
> 
> reducing the file size should only be done if the data removed is really of no 
> value to the people editing those files.

True, but I'd argue that nonsensical groups (which exist in this 
particular example, and serve no purpose that I can guess) are safe to 
get rid of :-). I also don't feel that unused gradients need to be kept 
in most circumstances, though others have disagreed.

-- 
Matthew
This was, apparently, beyond her ken.  So far beyond her ken that she 
was well into barbie territory. -- J. D. Baldwin (from cluefire.net)

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