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+Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> writes:\r
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+> I don't know how freeze/thaw work but does it matter that you don't thaw\r
+> when there is an error?\r
+\r
+My interpretation is that by not thawing before we destroy the message,\r
+we are aborting the transaction, since the freeze/thaw information is\r
+stored in the message structure. It is documented as forbidden to call\r
+thaw _more_ times than freeze, but less is not explicitely mentioned.\r
+\r
+>> +\r
+>> +/*\r
+>> + * Add a tag operation (delete iff remote == TRUE) to a list.\r
+>> + * The list is expanded as necessary.\r
+>> + */\r
+>\r
+> Typo s/remote/remove/\r
+\r
+fixed in local git.\r
+>> +\r
+>> +/*\r
+>> + * Apply a list of tag operations, in order to a message.\r
+>\r
+> I found the comment awkward to parse: as "in order to <do something>"\r
+\r
+Re-punctu-worded to \r
+\r
+"Apply a list of tag operations, in order, to a given message"\r