From: Miles Bader <snogglethorpe@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:15:25 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc339e4a05030814152263af01@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877jkijf2i.fsf@olgas.newt.com>
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:08:21 -0800, Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> wrote:
> > 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:
The thing is that the version where it was made past tense really
isn't that important, but people seem to be focusing on it.
I think David's suggestion of "as of" is good, though I think better
as a simple replacement for "since" than at the front:
FOO is an obsolete function (as of 21.4)
[Maybe it really ought to say "emacs version 21.4" but I assume it's
also good to keep the message short so it doesn't wrap.]
-Miles
--
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-08 22:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-07 20:17 English usage bug in bytecomp.el Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-07 23:09 ` Miles Bader
2005-03-08 8:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-08 8:49 ` Nick Roberts
2005-03-08 10:24 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-08 11:45 ` Nick Roberts
2005-03-08 9:57 ` Miles Bader
2005-03-08 10:33 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-08 15:37 ` John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-03-08 16:08 ` Bill Wohler
2005-03-08 17:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-03-08 21:10 ` Nick Roberts
2005-03-08 22:15 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2005-03-08 22:36 ` Bill Wohler
2005-03-09 16:59 ` Richard Stallman
2005-03-09 3:12 ` Richard Stallman
2005-03-09 9:49 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-09 10:22 ` Miles Bader
2005-03-08 13:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-03-09 3:12 ` Richard Stallman
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