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Re: [SCM] make branch, master, updated. 4.3-234-gf6ea899d
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David A. Wheeler |
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Re: [SCM] make branch, master, updated. 4.3-234-gf6ea899d |
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:08:58 -0400 |
> On Sep 13, 2022, at 1:31 AM, Frank Heckenbach <f.heckenbach@fh-soft.de> wrote:
>
> I appreciate the addition of this feature. Some small comments about
> the documentation:
>
>> As with targets provided to @code{.NOTPARALLEL}, @code{.WAIT} has
>> an effect only when building the target in whose prerequisite list
>> it appears. If the same prerequisites are present in other targets,
>> without @code{.WAIT}, then they may still be run in parallel.
>> Because of this, @code{.WAIT} is an unreliable way to impose
>> ordering than defining a prerequisite relationship.
>
> Is the last sentence grammatically correct? I'm not a native
> speaker, but I'd have expected "a more unreliable way" or "a less
> reliable way".
I'm a native English speaker, and I confirm, that last sentence is awkward.
I suggest a "less reliable way", and "compared to" instead of "than", leaving
the sentence as:
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Because of this, @code{.WAIT} is an less reliable way to impose
ordering compared to defining a prerequisite relationship.
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--- David A. Wheeler