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@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ following principles (in rough priority order):
- avoiding misleading formatting
- accessibility - readable and editable by users using the the widest
variety of hardware, including non-visual accessibility interfaces
- - readability of code when quoted in rustc error messages
+ - readability of code in contexts without syntax highlighting or IDE
+ assistance, such as rustc error messages, diffs, grep, and other
+ plain-text contexts
* aesthetics
- sense of 'beauty'