From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from angie.orcam.me.uk (angie.orcam.me.uk [78.133.224.34]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63143854E63 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2023 03:50:51 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org B63143854E63 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=orcam.me.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=orcam.me.uk Received: by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3160A92009C; Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:50:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by angie.orcam.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4D092009B; Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:50:51 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:50:51 +0100 (BST) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: YunQiang Su cc: YunQiang Su , binutils@sourceware.org, xry111@xry111.site, richard.sandiford@arm.com, jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] gas: documents .gnu_attribute Tag_GNU_MIPS_ABI_MSA In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20230505092716.885338-1-yunqiang.su@cipunited.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1163.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_INFOUSMEBIZ,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Fri, 19 May 2023, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > Also your change is actually not obviously correct, because it has a > defect in formatting: an overlong line that exceeds 79 columns (staying > within 74 is preferred where feasible). > > Finally for a non-native English speaker it's always good to have > documentation changes reviewed as this is what our users will read, and > the last thing we want is documentation that seems unprofessional. In > this case you have an inconsistency between the two cases: one uses the > singular and the other one uses the plural form of the noun, which is bad > style. I find the style of the commit description so-so as well. Being > internal only it's less of a problem, albeit unfixable once pushed. I have now committed a fix addressing the defects with your change. In a detailed review, which should have happened *before* your change went in, it has turned out the whole paragraph was inconsistent with one covering Tag_GNU_MIPS_ABI_FP immediately above. I have rewritten it accordingly. Maciej