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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:19:34 -0800
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: Top kernel oopses/warnings this week
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Matt Mackall wrote:
> Might as well leave out the null UUID, no sense in claiming to have
> one when you don't. It's easy for a parser to cut on "^---["

one can't cut on that since that's also the start marker.
Yes it's possible to leave it out entirely, and thus have 2 different terminators over time.
No I don't think it's a good idea.
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