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From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
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Subject: [wwwdocs] alphanumeric (was: Patch ping)
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On Mon, 10 May 2010, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> OK with "alpha numeric" changed to "alphanumeric".

Should we also document this?  (Merriam-Webster agrees, FWIW.)

Gerald

Index: codingconventions.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/codingconventions.html,v
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diff -u -3 -p -r1.57 codingconventions.html
--- codingconventions.html	27 Feb 2009 20:41:47 -0000	1.57
+++ codingconventions.html	13 May 2010 22:11:13 -0000
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ and code.  The following table lists som
     <td></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
+    <td>"alphanumeric"</td>
+    <td>"alpha numeric"</td>
+    <td></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
     <td>"back end" (noun)</td>
     <td>"back-end" or "backend"</td>
     <td></td>