From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jc zulian Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#10302: Some typos in web.texi documenation Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:45:37 +0100 Message-ID: References: <871us6mpcr.fsf@netris.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174be78294987904b41cab05 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323935203 12541 80.91.229.12 (15 Dec 2011 07:46:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:46:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10302@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mark H Weaver Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 15 08:46:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61W-0004hz-CP for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:46:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61V-0000BR-U4 for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:46:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34001) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61U-00007c-1g for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:46:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61S-0007R9-NL for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:46:36 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61S-0007R4-KP for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:46:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb62s-0006Tn-78 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:48:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: jc zulian Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10302 X-GNU-PR-Package: guile X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10302-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10302.132393522924835 (code B ref 10302); Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10302) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2011 07:47:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb621-0006SW-Ez for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ee0-f44.google.com ([74.125.83.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb61z-0006SO-3A for 10302@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:47:07 -0500 Original-Received: by eekc14 with SMTP id c14so457494eek.3 for <10302@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:45:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=PHqPEcDXXyCasbQYPNUctQbpoxJ6WHOSc53FqSn87k8=; b=xtYaFWLFfmfSoLggyZPvoc0LLuVSEP6OYyRdlF7tCjiru9BqvRF/KP2ukLsrxEhmQo aXWsqGRISaSo0nq5ae4m+Lzcb6W2X187jlxk/37MHPGUb+kkel3mj7C/vkQKqGu7AfZH EN/IVPI73czKO2DwH8Qd6c7KsPZGusURKItYw= Original-Received: by 10.213.22.74 with SMTP id m10mr199802ebb.40.1323935137568; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:45:37 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.213.9.208 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:45:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <871us6mpcr.fsf@netris.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:48:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:5976 Archived-At: --0015174be78294987904b41cab05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Mark, Thanks for your explanation. I knew about the mathematical "if and only if". But as I am not a native english speaker I didn't know it could be spelled 'iff'. Thanks again, Jean-christophe On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Mark H Weaver wrote: > jc zulian writes: > > While reading the documentation I came across some typos. Please find > > attached a patch to correct those (I hope the patch format is > > alright). > > Actually those are not typos. In mathematics, "iff" is widely > understand to mean "if and only if". > > I guess this brings up a good point though: We should not assume that > readers of the Guile manual are familiar with this terminology. > > I'm leaving this bug open as a reminder that occurrences of "iff" should > probably be changed to something else. > > Thanks for the report! > > Mark > --0015174be78294987904b41cab05 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Mark,

Thanks for your explanation. I knew about th= e mathematical "if and only if". But as I am not a native english= speaker I didn't know it could be spelled 'iff'.

Thanks again,
Jean-christophe

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:=
jc zulian <jeanchristophe.zulian@gmail.com> writes:
> While reading the documentation I came across some typos. Please find<= br> > attached a patch to correct those (I hope the patch format is
> alright).

Actually those are not typos. =A0In mathematics, "iff" is widely<= br> understand to mean "if and only if".

I guess this brings up a good point though: We should not assume that
readers of the Guile manual are familiar with this terminology.

I'm leaving this bug open as a reminder that occurrences of "iff&q= uot; should
probably be changed to something else.

Thanks for the report!

=A0 =A0 =A0Mark

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