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From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@mips.com>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Cc: <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] libc-abis: Define ABSOLUTE ABI [BZ #19818][BZ #23307]
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:10:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1807051745560.22261@tp.orcam.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56d6a870-7caa-5f55-81fd-4565525a36ed@redhat.com>

Hi Carlos,

> > +* The GNU C Library now has correct support for ABSOLUTE symbols
> > +  (SHN_ABS-relative symbols).  Previously such ABSOLUTE symbols were
> > +  relocated incorrectly or in some cases discarded.  The GNU linker can
> > +  make use of this newer semantics, but it must communicate it to the
> 
> Suggest:
> "make use of the corrected semantics, ..."

 Hmm, "semantics" is uncountable rather than plural[1], so I'm not sure if 
"this semantics" is actually a grammatical mistake (just like "Can I drink 
this milk?" is fine), but I'm fine with your suggestion.  I actually 
considered using "the" to avoid having this discussion. ;)

 Committed with your suggestion applied then.  Thank you for your review.

  Maciej

References:

[1] <https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/semantics>

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-05 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-18 18:06 [PATCH 0/2] Accept absolute symbols whose value is zero [BZ #23307] Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-18 18:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] elf: Accept absolute (SHN_ABS) " Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-25 20:25   ` Florian Weimer
2018-06-29 16:13     ` [committed v2 " Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-29 17:41       ` Joseph Myers
2018-06-29 18:05         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-18 18:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] libc-abis: Define ABSOLUTE ABI [BZ #19818][BZ #23307] Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-25 20:33   ` Florian Weimer
2018-06-27 22:08     ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-28  6:59       ` Florian Weimer
2018-06-28 13:49         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-28 13:54           ` Florian Weimer
2018-06-28 14:54             ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-06-29 16:29               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-07-03 13:53                 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-07-05 15:42                   ` [PATCH v2 " Maciej W. Rozycki
2018-07-05 16:29                     ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-07-05 17:10                       ` Maciej W. Rozycki [this message]
2018-07-05 18:02                         ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-06-25 19:14 ` [PING][PATCH 0/2] Accept absolute symbols whose value is zero [BZ #23307] Maciej W. Rozycki

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