From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:08:21 -0800 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <877jkijf2i.fsf@olgas.newt.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110302299 1206 80.91.229.2 (8 Mar 2005 17:18:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 18:18:19 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iF8-00037U-IT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:11:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iTd-0008VY-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:26:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iQv-0007X3-NM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:23:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iQr-0007Uo-RM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:23:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D8iQr-0007TV-Id for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:23:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1D8iBw-0004tu-KQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:08:21 -0500 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1D8i54-00013E-8x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:01:14 +0100 Original-Received: from h-68-166-37-188.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.166.37.188]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:01:14 +0100 Original-Received: from wohler by h-68-166-37-188.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:01:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: h-68-166-37-188.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:B+qZmZv73fE4Zg0qPOJ52g5DLlg= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34333 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34333 Miles Bader writes: > However, a variant which might be even clearer, and maybe less > objectionable would be "FOO is an obsolete function (since 21.4)". That's not too bad, although I prefer the "has been" variant. Here is yet another using a fairly simple past tense with a word that might not be known to non-programmers: FOO was deprecated in 21.4 If anyone in this list does not know what deprecated means, please raise your hand. If the word deprecated is not known to all, then: FOO was made obsolete in 21.4 On a different topic, it would be useful if the message indicated a replacement. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.