Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:52:21 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060605155221.3ECBB45093@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:30:10 EDT." <200606050830.12584.jhb@freebsd.org>
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> From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> > Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:30:10 -0400 > Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org > > On Sunday 04 June 2006 20:19, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 9:26:13 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Friday 02 June 2006 06:25, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >> On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 10:38:29 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > >>> On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:54:59AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >>>> On Friday, 2 June 2006 at 2:50:47 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, John Baldwin wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > >>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > >>>>>>>> @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ > > >>>>>>>> the file must be open for writing. > > >>>>>>>> .Sh RETURN VALUES > > >>>>>>>> .Rv -std > > >>>>>>>> +If the file to be modified is not a directory or > > >>>>>>>> +a regular file, the > > >>>>>>>> +.Fn truncate > > >>>>>>>> +call will return the value 0. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Doesn't "value of 0" sound better? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Not to me, though I can't explain why. I think the phrase "X > > >>>>>> will return the value Y" is common in man pages though. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> "will return" sounds strange to be. > > >>>> > > >>>> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense. > > >>> > > >>> May I recommend that one of you just change it? > > >> > > >> What colour? > > > > > > Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck* > > > > I don't think so. Why should it? > > Somewhere in my brain there's this notion that if one is choosing amongst a > set of items one should use 'which' rather than 'what', e.g. 'which floor' in > an elevator rather than 'what floor'. Would someone with a copy of "Elements of Style" look this up and paint the damned shed! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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