Re: [bug #39028] [patch] fix and uniformize four error messages

[Norbert Thiebaud]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Edward Welbourne <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> I think "integer" is meant instead of "integral".

'integral' is the adjective form of 'integer', so, in context, it is
correctly used.
>
>> Eg C99 uses "integral" as an adjective meaning "of integers",

C99 and Merriam Webster, Oxford, etc...

>
> How about using plain language and calling it a "whole number"
> instead of using jargon ?

How about not catering to the lowest common denominator and devolving
to baby-speech for fear that someone may be intimidated by a
dictionary ?

Norbert