Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:58:26 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r246763 - in head: lib/libc/sys sys/kern Message-ID: <1360778306.4545.219.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5_RoCGecnPsDB5172T-FijUP2PQff6D0OjR5Z6Db=qykzE=g@mail.gmail.com> References: <201302131509.r1DF9GdM011497@svn.freebsd.org> <CAJ5_RoCGecnPsDB5172T-FijUP2PQff6D0OjR5Z6Db=qykzE=g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 11:24 -0500, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Author: ian > > Date: Wed Feb 13 15:09:16 2013 > > New Revision: 246763 > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246763 > > > > Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 > > > > ============================================================================== > > --- head/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 Wed Feb 13 14:57:54 2013 (r246762) > > +++ head/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 Wed Feb 13 15:09:16 2013 (r246763) > > @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ argument, > > which is rounded up to the nearest block size. > > A zero value in > > .Fa arg > > -turns off read ahead. > > +turns off read ahead, a negative value restores the system default. > > > > Comma splice? Perhaps. The two clauses are independent in the grammatical sense, but conceptually not so much. I had initially written a semicolon, but then I pondered and changed it, mainly because I tend to over-use semicolons, so I often reflexively remove them if I stop to think about it. My concern was keeping the second occurance of the word "value" conceptually coupled with the first use of it in the sentence; that's why I didn't use a separate sentence. Do you think a semicolon is better? -- Ian
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