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Re: Patch to make get_condition more flexible.
- To: rth at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Patch to make get_condition more flexible.
- From: John Wehle <john at feith dot com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 03:09:29 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: law at cygnus dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
> "Canon" is a noun. The correct verb form for your meaning is
> "canonicalize". Contrast this with the term "canonize". The
> later means (roughly) to sanction, while the former is (afaik)
> a hacker invention that connotes forcing into canonical form.
Gcc already has canon_rtx and canon_reg. How strongly are you
advocating that I use a verb for the function instead of a noun
which appears to be used for similar functions? Or was this
just a casual bit of illumination?
-- John
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