Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:39:01 +0200 From: Greg Byshenk <gbyshenk@byshenk.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/rescue/rescue Makefile Message-ID: <20030715073900.GB46155@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <200307142008.h6EK8igG086809@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <20030715035725.R8481@gamplex.bde.org> <200307142008.h6EK8igG086809@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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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? <http://www.cauce.org>; <http://www.byshenk.net/ive.been.spammed.html>;
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