From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Vilain Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/3] gitweb: make suspenders more useful Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:48:45 +1200 Message-ID: <4A91C74D.1080908@vilain.net> References: <4A91BA66.5050108@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca> <4A91BE50.7070103@vilain.net> <4A91C512.7000707@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jakub Narebski , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Rada X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 24 00:49:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MfLrw-0005Md-1u for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:49:00 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750829AbZHWWsu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:48:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750805AbZHWWsu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:48:50 -0400 Received: from watts.utsl.gen.nz ([202.78.240.73]:48833 "EHLO mail.utsl.gen.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750801AbZHWWsu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:48:50 -0400 Received: by mail.utsl.gen.nz (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 96B6B21C3BC; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:48:50 +1200 (NZST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail.musashi.utsl.gen.nz X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from [192.168.2.22] (leibniz.catalyst.net.nz [202.78.240.7]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.utsl.gen.nz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DEC7821C385; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:48:45 +1200 (NZST) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) In-Reply-To: <4A91C512.7000707@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Mark Rada wrote: >>> Subject: [RFC/PATCH 1/3] gitweb: make suspenders more useful >>> >> Suspenders? Really? >> > Context: > > On 21/08/09 5:43 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I do not mind keeping these two lines as belt-and-suspender, though. >> > Yup...I couldn't think of an appropriate title and I expect this > patch to be edited (for another reason) or thrown out anyways. > Please don't do that. Use of metaphors makes the code harder to follow, especially for non-native speakers. In this case you confused me, a British/NZ native speaker because you only used half of the idiom; so all I was left with was a word which in the English where I speak refers to a piece of clothing worn most often by prostitutes and people at the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Can I suggest "snapshot error handling" as a more neutral term... Sam