From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jon Grant <jg-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk
<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: assert
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:31:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5244617E.3000306@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGc9EvdE4Fd5QaJ_Rj+CsZkwvktTCPcnupJmSwNfM5SJRefAJA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On 25.09.2013 15:18, Jon Grant wrote:
> Hello mtk
>
> Would it be better to replace "his" with "their", in the interests of equality?
>
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/assert.3.html
>
> "The purpose of this macro is to help the programmer find bugs in his
> program. The message "assertion failed in file foo.c, function
> do_bar(), line 1287" is of no help at all to a user."
>
>
> NB. This may apply to other man pages.
Hi Jon,
I fixed four pages along the lines you suggest.
Cheers,
Michael
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2013-09-25 13:18 assert Jon Grant
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