[wwwdocs] Fix some nits in GCC 4.7 changes.html

Rainer Orth ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
Thu Mar 22 16:49:00 GMT 2012


Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> writes:

> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Rainer Orth wrote:
>> While reading through the GCC 4.7 changes.html, I noticed a couple of 
>> nits that this patch fixes.  It's mostly wording and grammar changes (so 
>> I may well be wrong and would appreciate a native speaker having a look 
>
> This looks good in general, thanks.
>
> Instead of the change around pollution I would prefer 
>   "Avoid polluting the global namespace and do not include..."
> instead of either the old or the proposed version, though I'll admit
> I do not have a strong rationale.

I think you're right: it correctly emphasizes the avoidance.

> I am not sure about "The powerpc" vs "The PowerPC" vs "powerpc",
> please pass that part by David Edelsohn.

Already dealt with, thanks David.

> Similarly, are you sure "<code>#pragma GCC target attribute</code>"
> change is incorrect.  Isn't that a function attribute?

Indeed: neither the original nor my patch were right here.  I've updated
my patch to include the correct syntax.

Ok now?

Thanks.
        Rainer

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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University



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