From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 17:10:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FEF16A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:10:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27DA43D45 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBQ1ADFR035407 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBQ1ADfv035406; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:10:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200312260110.hBQ1ADfv035406@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Andy Ruhl Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4201E16A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F6843D1F for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:07:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBQ17XdL059474 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:07:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBQ17Xhf059473; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:07:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200312260107.hBQ17Xhf059473@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:07:33 -0800 (PST) From: Andy Ruhl To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.0 Subject: misc/60574: The nonsensical word "irregardless" shows up in source comments too often X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 01:10:16 -0000 >Number: 60574 >Category: misc >Synopsis: The nonsensical word "irregardless" shows up in source comments too often >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 25 17:10:13 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andy Ruhl >Release: 4.8 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD someplace.net 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Wed Dec 24 06:48:33 MST 2003 root@someplace.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNEL10 i386 >Description: (andy@foghorn)[/usr/src] > grep -r -H irregardless * contrib/texinfo/info/window.c:/* The size of the echo area in Info. It never changes, irregardless of the games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2:unnecessary. Eschew dialect, irregardless. And don't start a sentence with gnu/usr.bin/as/config/obj-vms.c: * longer than 31 characters, irregardless of the setting of the -h switch. share/dict/web2:irregardless share/man/tools/newsp.errs:irregardless sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx.seq: * we are selecting with atn irregardless of our packetized sys/i386/conf/LINT:# irregardless of whether other swap devices exist or not. So it It's use in fortune probably shouldn't be changed. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: s/irregardless/regardless/g Some dictionaries contain the word irregardless, even though it isn't really a word. In use it is almost always mistaken for regardless, probably because regardless doesn't sound "negative enough". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: