Re: [WWW] add "bug fix" to codingconventions.html

[Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>]

Ben Elliston wrote:
> > > > >    <tr>
> > > > > +    <td>"bug fix"</td>
> > > > > +    <td>"bugfix" or "bug-fix"</td>
> > > > > +    <td>"bugfix" isn't a word</td>
> > > > > +  </tr>
> > > > Joseph, can you please advise?
> > > I'm happy with this patch unless Sandra wishes to contradict it.
> > I think "bug fix" is correct as a noun, but if used as an adjective immediately 
> > before the noun it modifies, the normal English convention is to hyphenate such 
> > phrases.  For example, it is correct to refer to a patch that implements a "bug 
> > fix" (unhyphenated noun) as "a bug-fix patch" (hyphenated adjective).  I agree 
> > that "bugfix" isn't a real word.
>
> OK.  May I commit the patch above, then?  Then will come the task of
> identifying breaches of this convention.  :-)

Well, to put what I said above into more concrete form, I'd be happier if it said:

<tr>
  <td>"bug fix" (noun) or "bug-fix" (adjective)</td>
  <td>"bugfix"</td>
  <td>"bugfix" isn't a word</td>
</tr>

But you're free to ignore my kibbitzing if you want, of course.  :-)

-Sandra