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any remaining cosmetics!
5. Comment parts that really need it (tricky side-effects etc).
- Commenting trivial code not required. Comments must be English!
+ Always document string operations! Comment on what you are doing
+ and why it is safe. This makes it easy to review and change your
+ code if needed. Commenting trivial code not required.
+ Comments must be English!
6. If you implement new features, add or change command line switches or
modify the behavior of existing features, please do not forget to also