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Re: Patch to document policy on e.g./i.e. and commas
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Patch to document policy on e.g./i.e. and commas
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:25:42 +0100 (CET)
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> This patch documents a policy of using commas after "e.g." and "i.e." only
> when appropriate. (This means that there is no need to go through the
> manuals making bulk changes in either direction, though there may be some
> cases where a different form would be clearer than the one currently
> there.) OK to commit?
Okay, though I start getting worried that this documentation is getting
so long that many may decide to skip or just skim it (similiar to the
documentation of texinfo, which only very, very few of us have read to
any significant extent, I'm sure).
Gerald
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