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Re: prolog vs prologue
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- To: Ben Elliston <bje at wasabisystems dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:55:07 +1000
- Subject: Re: prolog vs prologue
- References: <8765m4h1ir.fsf@sashimi.wasabisystems.com>
On 15-Jul-2003, Ben Elliston <bje@wasabisystems.com> wrote:
> I've noticed that there is an inconsistency between the spelling of
> "prolog"/"epilog" and "prologue"/"epilogue" throughout GCC.
...
> Which should it be, so that I can submit a patch to correct this?
IMHO it should be prologue/epilogue -- to avoid confusion with
the Prolog programming language (not so much of a problem now,
but could get a lot worse if GCC gains a Prolog front-end).
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