From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
Cc: 19208@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org,
phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk, schwab@linux-m68k.org,
eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:25:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1huSgm-0003s6-IH@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ef21rpe1.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:12:06 -0400)
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> I think ((120 < height) && (height < 200)) is the closest we can get to
> the natural phrasing.
That parallels the mathematical expression 120 < h < 200, which is a
plus, but doesn't parallel the textual form "height must be between
120 and 200", which is a minus.
The way to parallel the latter is (height > 120 && height < 200).
I think both of those are ok, but let's avoid other orderings
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-05 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-28 17:00 bug#19208: replace-match unhelpful error message Phillip Lord
2019-08-03 14:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-03 20:22 ` Paul Eggert
2019-08-03 20:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-03 20:50 ` Paul Eggert
2019-08-04 9:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-08-03 23:59 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-04 9:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-08-04 14:12 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-04 15:13 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-08-04 17:41 ` Paul Eggert
2019-08-04 18:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-08-05 2:25 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2019-08-04 11:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-04 9:18 ` Andreas Schwab
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