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Re: [ietf-822] "--" first in lines to indicate start of signature

Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> Fri, 01 July 2016 21:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-822] "--" first in lines to indicate start of signature
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* Murray S. Kucherawy:

> What other uses of "--" on a line by itself are there?  The only thing I
> can think of is ASCII art.

It could be part of a diff which changes or removes a line which only
contains a “-”.

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