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Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el
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Bill Wohler |
Subject: |
Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:08:21 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> However, a variant which might be even clearer, and maybe less
> objectionable would be "FOO is an obsolete function (since 21.4)".
That's not too bad, although I prefer the "has been" variant. Here is
yet another using a fairly simple past tense with a word that might
not be known to non-programmers:
FOO was deprecated in 21.4
If anyone in this list does not know what deprecated means, please
raise your hand.
If the word deprecated is not known to all, then:
FOO was made obsolete in 21.4
On a different topic, it would be useful if the message indicated a
replacement.
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- English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Alan Mackenzie, 2005/03/07
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el,
Bill Wohler <=
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Andreas Schwab, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Nick Roberts, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Miles Bader, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Bill Wohler, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/09
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, David Kastrup, 2005/03/09
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Miles Bader, 2005/03/09
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Stefan Monnier, 2005/03/08
- Re: English usage bug in bytecomp.el, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/08