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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Cc: 9222@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9222: 23.3.50; "void" is not "typeless" (but thanks for the koan!)
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:59:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zkib7sac.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sjpkc5zm.fsf@sc3d.org> (Reuben Thomas's message of "Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:12:13 +0100")

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> In semantic/bovine/c-by.el there’s the following description:
>
>      ("void" summary "Built in typeless type: void")
>
> Cute, but inaccurate: void is a type alright. I suggest changing
> “typeless type” to “empty type”.

I don't quite think that "empty type" is more meaningful than "typeless
type".  At least to me, "typeless type" makes more sense, even if it is
somewhat humorous.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-11  1:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-02 13:12 bug#9222: 23.3.50; "void" is not "typeless" (but thanks for the koan!) Reuben Thomas
2011-09-11  1:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-09-11  3:25   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-11  3:30     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11  4:56       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-11  8:13         ` Reuben Thomas
2011-09-11  8:45           ` Andreas Schwab
2011-09-11 14:38             ` Drew Adams
2011-09-12 12:39           ` Stefan Monnier
2019-10-14 16:08 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-14 19:01   ` Stefan Monnier
2019-10-14 19:38     ` Stefan Kangas

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