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Re: Spelling patch for code
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Cc: Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:59:28 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: Spelling patch for code
On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> I believe that for formal texts and documentation "cannot" should be
> used instead of "can't".
Comments aren't formal documentation and may be held to lower standards
(but still should not use spelling that is actually incorrect).
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk