From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53374) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f82DJ-0005Yy-8S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:22:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f82DH-0007GF-VD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:22:25 -0400 References: <20180321121940.39426-1-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com> <20180321121940.39426-3-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com> From: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:22:11 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH 2/4] nbd/server: add nbd_meta_single_query helper List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: John Snow , Eric Blake , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, den@openvz.org, armbru@redhat.com, mreitz@redhat.com 14.04.2018 00:06, John Snow wrote: > > On 04/13/2018 01:44 PM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: >> will add, as always, thank you for natural rewording) Hm, I have a >> question: why do you often use double white-space "=C2=A0 " between >> sentences? Is it something meaningful? > There is some GREAT DEBATE in the English-speaking world over whether or > not this is correct typography. At one point, it was thought that there > should be two spaces after every full stop (".") to improve readability. > Allegedly, this was most important for physical typesetting on typewriter= s. > > Since digital typography has taken off, some people argue that this is a > relic and that semantically we ought to be using only one literal space > after the full stop, and using various kerning and display parameters to > extend the physical buffer between two sentences if desired. > > Famously in my mind, PEP8 mandates the two spaces after a period style. > > MLA says "One, unless your professor prefers two." > https://style.mla.org/number-of-spaces-after-period/ > > Chicago Manual of Style mandates one space after the full stop. > http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/OneSpaceorTwo.h= tml > > Strunk & White uses one space after the period: > https://www.legalwatercoolerblog.com/tag/strunk-and-white/ > > APA style (American Psychiatric Association) actually requests two > spaces after a period for *manuscripts*: > https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/24/ > > I think it used to be the pedagogical norm to instruct students to type > two spaces after a period. Most institutions (Python documentation > excluded) do not recommend the practice currently. > > > > *cough* > > > > So it's not just the programming world that argues about things like > "tabs vs spaces." Literary nerds do it too. > > I'm sure this email will be entirely without controversy. :) > > > Happy Friday, > --js Got it, thank you! --=20 Best regards, Vladimir