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Re: [PATCH doc] use "cannot" consistently

From: Martin Sebor <msebor at gmail dot com>
To: Gcc Patch List <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, rdsandiford at googlemail dot com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:37:20 -0600
Subject: Re: [PATCH doc] use "cannot" consistently
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On 03/14/2017 01:41 PM, Richard Sandiford wrote:

Martin Sebor <msebor@gmail.com> writes:

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ example, this code would produce an error:

 @smallexample
 #if 0
-You can't expect this to work.
+You cannot expect this to work.
 #endif
 @end smallexample


Sure the maintainers would have caught this, but: the "'" is needed here.
The point is that code doesn't tokenise properly.


Great catch, thanks!  I'll be sure to fix that if the patch is
approved.

Martin

References:
- [PATCH doc] use "cannot" consistently
  - From: Martin Sebor
- Re: [PATCH doc] use "cannot" consistently
  - From: Richard Sandiford

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