Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 10:38:29 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c Message-ID: <20060602093829.GE23618@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20060602002459.GI80617@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200605311315.k4VDFUhD093628@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060601094950.GU21998@submonkey.net> <20060601100126.GA43737@FreeBSD.org> <200606010858.39417.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060602023102.J34761@delplex.bde.org> <20060602002459.GI80617@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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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 ret=
urn
> >> the
> >> value Y" is common in man pages though.
> >
> > "will return" sounds strange to be.
>=20
> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense.
May I recommend that one of you just change it?
Ceri
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That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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