From: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: Socket API improvement, patch #6
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:07:49 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sluedd9m.fsf@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8764rbz5lt.fsf@laas.fr> (Ludovic Courtès's message of "Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:50:06 +0100")
ludovic.courtes@laas.fr (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
> Ok, I'm nitpicking:
My rationale below.
> structure that reflects
"reflects" is not a good word.
> @var{address}, an address of family @var{family}, with the
> family-specific parameters @var{args} (see the description of
> @var{make-socket-address} for details).
I felt all this could be left as a ref to scm_make_socket_address.
> On success, a non-@code{NULL}
It's always non-NULL, no need to say that.
> @var{address_size} is updated
I changed the name and tried to make it clearer that it's an output.
"updated" might make you think it was some value then changed to
another.
> The returned structure must eventually be freed using
> @code{free ()}.
I thought "eventually" was a clumsy expression. What I replaced it
with might stand further polish though.
> "formal" declarative style
A manual is not a specification (fortunately), so there's no need to
be overly formal.
A manual, even a reference manual, is essentially a teaching tool, you
want a programmer reading it to learn what a func does, or refresh
their memory of what it does. On that basis some informality in
expression is fine, though you definitely need the ideas presented in
a nice logical sequence. (Which for me means the key point or points
first, followed by gory details or exceptions.)
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2005-09-22 13:57 ` [PATCH] Test-suite update Ludovic Courtès
2005-09-22 19:25 ` Neil Jerram
2005-09-22 19:41 ` Neil Jerram
2005-09-23 9:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-09-23 18:57 ` Neil Jerram
2005-09-26 8:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-09-26 23:15 ` Kevin Ryde
2005-09-22 21:15 ` Kevin Ryde
2005-09-22 22:06 ` Kevin Ryde
2005-09-23 7:43 ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-09-23 23:54 ` Kevin Ryde
2005-09-26 8:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-09-26 23:18 ` Kevin Ryde
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2005-11-02 10:50 ` Socket API improvement, patch #6 Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-02 20:07 ` Kevin Ryde [this message]
2005-11-03 9:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
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