From 040a216ea976e8d01e8b5ca5d284697d21c79125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Lebar <justin.lebar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:49:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 735877 - Update syntax hints in pref files to reflect the
 fact that you can't use computed values (e.g. 50 * 1024). r=mossop

---
 browser/app/profile/firefox.js  | 9 +++++++--
 modules/libpref/src/init/all.js | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
index 4e3c00fe65a9..bc1f24a21259 100644
--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@
 
 #filter substitution
 
-# SYNTAX HINTS:  dashes are delimiters.  Use underscores instead.
-#  The first character after a period must be alphabetic.
+#
+# SYNTAX HINTS:
+#
+#  - Dashes are delimiters; use underscores instead.
+#  - The first character after a period must be alphabetic.
+#  - Computed values (e.g. 50 * 1024) don't work.
+#
 
 #ifdef XP_UNIX
 #ifndef XP_MACOSX
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
index 68b47bce24a2..40bf16bfce9d 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@
  * entries at the top.
  */
 
-// SYNTAX HINTS:  dashes are delimiters.  Use underscores instead.
-//  The first character after a period must be alphabetic.
+/*
+ * SYNTAX HINTS:
+ *
+ *  - Dashes are delimiters; use underscores instead.
+ *  - The first character after a period must be alphabetic.
+ *  - Computed values (e.g. 50 * 1024) don't work.
+ */
 
 pref("keyword.URL", "http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=");
 pref("keyword.enabled", false);