Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:29:02 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r331226 - in head/sys: amd64/linux amd64/linux32 i386/linux Message-ID: <1521559742.99081.110.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20180320183744.S950@besplex.bde.org> References: <201803192126.w2JLQW0N039356@repo.freebsd.org> <20180320183744.S950@besplex.bde.org>
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On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 19:19 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > The random verb order is especially confsing for 'fix' and 'fixup'. > 'fixup' is a noun, but is sometimes abused as a verb and adverb instead > of the correct verb and adverb 'fix up'. When it is placed at the > end, e.g., for limit_fixup(), it is unclear if it is a noun or a verb. > The noun form would mean a function returning a fixup and the verb > form would mean a function fixing up something. Using 'fix' instead > of fix as a verb at the end is even worse since 'fix' really is both > a noun and a verb. The normal order in fixlimit makes it clear that > it is used as a verb. This stuff all becomes easier if you remember one simple rule: In English, there is no noun which cannot be verbed. -- Ian
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