Mah, I messaged the OP few seconds after he posted telling him there was almost no content. I supposed some error by his part. After this i messaged in the CB that after 15 minutes I would marked the post for reaping and I do it.

Error or not I perceive not so kind a post with just the subject; I receive many mails of this sort at work and I dislike them.

Anyway we have consideration and I was relying on it: I downvoted the post and marked for reaping but, as you can see, we collectively decided for the post to stay: at the moment it has Keep: 3, Edit: 5, Reap: 2. So if it's ok for us it's ok for me.

In any case I still dislike posts with question in the title; this is against principles of How do I post a question effectively? that starts with:

> If you want to get good answers: Paste actual code that reproduces the..

So even few words of kindness would be more appreciated by me in posts, even if very syntetic. Consider also that the OP had 336 posts already wrote before this one and he it's here since 2007.

If DRY is good habit it's not a religion and you risk to become too DRY as a Martini .. ;=)

L*

There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.

In reply to Re^4: Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? -- good habits by Discipulus
in thread Since when did "\N{U+5678}" work as an alternative to "\x{5678}"? by daxim

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