>Yes, that's true but there are no guarantees with the current system, anyways.
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>If I autoquote some else's code and it gets 7 levels of prefix, I can still go in and modify that code and it looks like the other poster originally wrote it that way i.e. the block is not read-only.
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>If anyone is concerned about attribution they can always go back to find who originally created a code block; that original message is read-only so is appropriate for that purpose.
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>In fact that is the *only* way someone can be sure about what someone else posted in a {pre} block. Code that gets quoted should always be assumed to have been modified by anyone who replies with autoquote turned on.
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>Ideally anyone making modifications to posted code should put their own comments in it along with their modifications, that's a better way to see who contributed what.
I will have to think about it. I still need to see about other related impacts that could be possibility related.