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From:   Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 12:00:01PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Recipes are aimed at people who simply don't understand any of that
> goobledegook. This won't help them -write correct code-.

Indeed.	 Perhaps this writeup belongs in a different document (with a 
pointer	from the recipes file), and the actual recipe itself should
await the development of a general and robust API.

Alan Stern