From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 00:43:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A12C37B401; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from core.byshenk.net (core.byshenk.net [62.58.73.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAFE443F93; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from byshenknet@byshenk.net) Received: from core.byshenk.net (localhost.byshenk.net [127.0.0.1]) by core.byshenk.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h6F7d2Gv053202; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:39:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from byshenknet@core.byshenk.net) Received: (from byshenknet@localhost) by core.byshenk.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h6F7d1dD053201; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:39:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:39:01 +0200 From: Greg Byshenk To: Mark Murray Message-ID: <20030715073900.GB46155@core.byshenk.net> References: <20030715035725.R8481@gamplex.bde.org> <200307142008.h6EK8igG086809@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307142008.h6EK8igG086809@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: Gordon Tetlow cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: Bruce Evans Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/rescue/rescue Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:43:28 -0000 On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 09:08:44PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > Bruce Evans writes: > > > We aren't split -- older options have no underscore, new ones do (unless > > > tightly related to older options). Please change it to NO_RESUCE. > > We are split. Some of us don't like the underscores. Please change it > > only after you change the English word "nothing" to "no_thing" both in > > spelling an pronunciation. > Good grief. I don't believe that this is being argued over at this level. > These are _MACROS_ not English. Please don't turn them into holy warfare. They are macros, but they are _also_ English (or at least mnemonics based on English -- the modifier is not GEEN_* or PAS_DE_* or whatever, nor are the macros made up of meaningless symbols). That being the case, I think the points made by Jos Backus and Garance Drosihn -- that 'NO' is a modifier and should be made explicit -- are compelling, and not sufficiently counterbalanced by the fact that 'NO*' is slightly easier to type than 'NO_*'. -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL hate spam?