Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:33:55 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 style.9 Message-ID: <39734383.12FCC14F@cup.hp.com> References: <200007162046.NAA80035@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000717113109.D52835@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20000716225410.A15022@netmonger.net> <20000717142018.D26231@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20000717132026.K84045@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst wrote: > > I don't really care which we end up with, as long as we define them > > somewhere to avoid confusion. But it sounds good, modulo the typo > > that Chris picked up. I think I'd leave out "curly", too: we don't > > have any other type of brace. > > So the only thing you disagree about then is that "brackets" should > be changed to "square brackets". I almost agree -- the PR actually > suggested "square brackets", but Sheldon suggested just "brackets" > instead. > > There is an example just below this text anyway, which I think makes it > clear enough. But I don't mind changing "brackets" to "square brackets" > if enough people think it should be changed and no-one else objects. Given the ambiguity, I think "square brackets" is preferrable. I feel the same about "curly braces" instead of just "braces". JFYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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