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Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:43:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpclient.apple ([189.62.150.156]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a1e0cc1a2514c-94da8b3eefdsm5399505241.9.2026.02.22.13.43.30 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:43:31 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3864.400.21\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:43:17 -0300 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, ps@pks.im, gitster@pobox.com, jltobler@gmail.com, avila.jn@gmail.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <776CC19F-6FF2-478A-A454-F62F9EB09ED5@gmail.com> References: <20260218211845.96009-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> <20260218211845.96009-2-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> To: Eric Sunshine X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3864.400.21) > While this is generally true on this project, it is nevertheless > incomplete. More specifically, the singular form is used for an array > name in cases when the individual items of the array are the typical > subject of use, for instance, when the consumer of the array is > walking the dogs one at a time. However, there are cases in which the > array is generally employed as a whole, rather than as its unit parts, > in which the plural form for the name is preferable. An example would > be when walking all the dogs at the same time. Thanks, Eric! You explanation was very clear, and I'll use parts of it in the next version, giving credits to you, of course.