Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:40:18 -0400 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <532D92C2.1030809@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <CAGOYWV80vTTQbvSjvNa6XBzBiKy%2BjnGantkUH_RO=8prxoHmyQ@mail.gmail.com> <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403182230140.45496@wonkity.com> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403191407240.52822@wonkity.com> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403210740240.13682@wonkity.com> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403211030450.14887@wonkity.com> <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no> <1395422417.81853.14.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <98DE2314-1233-4C12-8346-5D1240B9BAAF@bsdimp.com> <86a9cj6oo5.fsf@nine.des.no>
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On 03/21/14 20:51, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: >> It does serve a useful purpose, though, which is why it has endured. >> If you were to have a man page that said ‘Putc(3) returns …’ then the >> automated tools (and web links) that find Putc.3 wouldn’t be able to since >> it doesn’t exist. > > Moreover - if FreeBSD were written in Pascal, it might not matter, but > in C, _exit(2) and _Exit(3) are two different functions. > > (I'm sure there are other examples without a leading underscore) > > (eww, starting a sentence with a non-alphabetic character would be even > worse...) > > DES > Etc., etc., etc. Wouldn't it be more productive to spend this effort on recasting the sentence in question so that it doesn't start with a word that starts with a small letter? -- George
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