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Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:

> There is a part that I fail to understand in nnml-generate-nov-database-1
> (when the group is empty):
>
>       (if (not files)
> 	  (let* ((group (nnheader-file-to-group
> 			 (directory-file-name dir) nnml-directory))
> 		 (info (cadr (assoc group nnml-group-alist))))
> 	    (when info
> 	      (setcar info (1+ (cdr info)))))
>
> Can anyone explain the purpose of this ??

As far as I can tell, it does nothing.