Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:49:51 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: bms@freebsd.org Cc: maxim@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, cvs-all@freebsd.org, rwatson@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vfsops.c Message-ID: <20071118.164951.2130804143.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <47401A31.3050003@FreeBSD.org> References: <20071118100058.GD83818@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20071118102740.E73806@fledge.watson.org> <47401A31.3050003@FreeBSD.org>
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"Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: I recommend we "i.f.f." ie deliberately periodize its use outside of
: mathematics and logic; this is a common use; if the strict use is
: needed, use '<=>' in comments. There's no 7-bit ASCII glyph for iff
: which is another problem.
I've never once seen 'i.f.f.' in anything I've read on computer
science, mathematics or logic. I fail to see how you can assert
that's a common usage. There's nothing wrong with "iff" and there's
no problem here that really needs fixing. Anything to replace it
would only be more obscure.
Warner
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