From: "Tom Schwindl" <schwindl@posteo.de>
To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Cc: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>, <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcmp.3: wfix
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:11:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CQJ9NXF0GW79.O9TXGIQJ1PRK@morphine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230215151834.qorjvmvoqza2ddmr@illithid>
On Wed Feb 15, 2023 at 4:18 PM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-02-15T13:07:50+0000, Tom Schwindl wrote:
> > -On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function oneself.
> > +On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function yourself.
>
> The existing language is sound. What is the motivation for the change?
>
> Regards,
> Branden
From a formal perspective it's probably fine. But as a reader, I think it sounds
wrong. Or at least strange. That may be because I'm not a native speaker, but
neither is the majority of the manpage readers.
I simply think that "yourself" sounds better in this context. That's also the
reason for this patch. I've read the manpage and hesitated for a short moment
which, for me, indicates a poor choice of words. A `grep -i -r oneself` also
only yields a single result, this manpage.
--
Best Regards,
Tom Schwindl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-15 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-15 13:07 [PATCH] memcmp.3: wfix Tom Schwindl
2023-02-15 15:18 ` G. Branden Robinson
2023-02-15 16:11 ` Tom Schwindl [this message]
2023-02-15 17:00 ` Alejandro Colomar
2023-02-15 17:17 ` Jakub Wilk
2023-02-15 17:26 ` Alejandro Colomar
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2023-02-15 17:33 Tom Schwindl
2023-02-15 17:41 ` Alejandro Colomar
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