From: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Charles A. Roelli" <charles@aurox.ch>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 c8ffca5: * lisp/files.el (kept-new-versions): Improve documentation string.
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 13:51:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADB4rJFggR+YpC_+ws1rZnH42rcqfYBKxWj_qZqEYAAsrTnKQw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvo9isb5cp.fsf-monnier+emacsdiffs@gnu.org>
>> -Includes the new backup. Must be > 0"
>> +Includes the new backup. Must be greater than 0."
>
> Hmm... I find the previous formulation more clear (e.g. it clearly
> rules out 0 whereas the new seems to allow 0).
How? "Greater than" means not equal to, and is the English equivalent
to the symbol ">" (as opposed to "≥"). To allow for zero, one would
say "greater than or equal to" or "at least" or "no less than".
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2018-04-09 18:30 ` [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 c8ffca5: * lisp/files.el (kept-new-versions): Improve documentation string Stefan Monnier
2018-04-09 20:51 ` Radon Rosborough [this message]
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