From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Stefan Puiu <stefan.puiu@gmail.com>
Cc: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>,
mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Issue in man page bcmp.3.
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 12:27:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZUOHsAtcS2Ze6JQx@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACKs7VAKY4tvY3yEq3Y6x10MBaY+_jW37_VJWbpZX0dX5V+cEg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 12:06:34PM +0200, Stefan Puiu wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 6:25 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Helge,
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:12PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > >
> > > Issue: Who is "it"?
> > > "B<bcmp>() is identical to B<memcmp>(3); use it instead."
> >
> > Considering that the rest of the page is there just to say this function
> > is deprecated and even removed from POSIX, I guess a suggestion to use
> > 'it' can only mean use the other one, that is, memcmp(3).
>
> Maybe 'use the latter instead' would be clearer?
Hi Stefan!
Yep, I like that wording. Thanks!
Alex
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan.
>
>
> >
> >[..]
> > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-02 11:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-01 14:02 Issue in man page bcmp.3 Helge Kreutzmann
2023-11-01 16:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-11-02 10:06 ` Stefan Puiu
2023-11-02 11:27 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2023-11-02 11:32 ` Alejandro Colomar
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2025-08-24 14:48 Helge Kreutzmann
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