Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:09:04 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonQUfrhbyo4UOiLxvxG245Gd3ZkTSheSB44Xk%2Bdq=JUwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <532D92C2.1030809@m5p.com> 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> <532D92C2.1030809@m5p.com>
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The call to <....> Done. Moving on! -a On 22 March 2014 06:40, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote: > On 03/21/14 20:51, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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