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From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
To: "Ondřej Bílka" <neleai@seznam.cz>
Cc: <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>, <libc-ports@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Fix typos.
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:32:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1308191929010.11029@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130818220954.GA20381@domone>

On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Ondrej Bilka wrote:

>  data packet */ \n-#define ACK 04    /* acknowledgement */ \n #define ERROR 05  
>  data packet */ \n+#define ACK 04    /* acknowledgment */ \n #define ERROR 05   
>                                                  ^^                            
> me */ \n-#define TSP_ACK   2 /* generic acknowledgement */ \n #define TSP_MASTER
> me */ \n+#define TSP_ACK   2 /* generic acknowledgment */ \n #define TSP_MASTERR
>                                                  ^^                            
> quence number */ \n-tcp_seq th_ack;  /* acknowledgement number */ \n #  if __BYT
> quence number */ \n+tcp_seq th_ack;  /* acknowledgment number */ \n #  if __BYTE
>                                                  ^^                            
> uence number */ \n-tcp_seq th_ack;   /* acknowledgement number */ \n #if __BYTE_
> uence number */ \n+tcp_seq th_ack;   /* acknowledgment number */ \n #if __BYTE_O
>                                                  ^^                            
> n-waiting to be sent.  Stop looking for acknowledgement of data already \n sent;
> n+waiting to be sent.  Stop looking for acknowledgment of data already \n sent; 
>                                                  ^^                            
> nce and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and/or \n dedications g
> nce and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgments and/or \n dedications gi
>                                                  ^^                            

This is still an English variant issue, where both spellings are valid, 
and so does not belong in a typo fix patch.

> ne TSP_TEST  21 /* for testing election algo */ \n #define TSP_SETDATE  22 /* Ne
> ne TSP_TEST  21 /* for testing election algorithm */ \n #define TSP_SETDATE  22 
>                                             ^   ^                              

This is still a case of an abbreviation being used in informal writing 
that does not need expanding.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-19 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-13  8:27 [PATCH] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-14 19:18 ` Roland McGrath
2013-08-18 16:50 ` Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-18 20:15   ` Joseph S. Myers
2013-08-18 22:10     ` [PATCH 1/9] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-18 22:31       ` Allan McRae
2013-08-19 19:32       ` Joseph S. Myers [this message]
2013-08-21 10:38         ` [PATCH 1/9 v2] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-21 15:48           ` Joseph S. Myers
2013-08-22 13:56       ` [PATCH 2/9] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-22 15:04         ` Joseph S. Myers
2013-08-24  7:43           ` Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-28 16:07             ` Joseph S. Myers
2013-08-30 10:48       ` [PATCH 3/9] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-30 11:01         ` Will Newton
2013-08-30 15:47           ` [PATCH 3/9 v2] " Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-30 16:01             ` Joseph S. Myers
2013-08-30 12:58       ` [PATCH 3.5/9] Fix then/than typo Ondřej Bílka
2013-08-30 13:34         ` Allan McRae
2013-08-30 16:22         ` Brooks Moses
2013-09-02  9:30           ` [COMMITED] Fix additional typo Ondřej Bílka
2013-09-02  9:37       ` [PATCH 4/9] Fix typos Ondřej Bílka
2013-09-02 10:01         ` Florian Weimer
2013-09-02 10:15         ` Allan McRae

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