On 12.01.19 14:40, Darshit Shah wrote: > On January 12, 2019 12:21:36 PM UTC, "Dmitry V. Levin" <l...@altlinux.org> > wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 12:00:47PM +0100, Tim Rühsen wrote: >>> Used a spell checker (codespell) to wipe out several typos. >> [...] >>> diff --git a/build-aux/texinfo.tex b/build-aux/texinfo.tex >>> index 48d532bc6..74bea4134 100644 >>> --- a/build-aux/texinfo.tex >>> +++ b/build-aux/texinfo.tex >>> @@ -4688,7 +4688,7 @@ end >>> \fi >>> } >>> >>> -% @ifset VAR ... @end ifset reads the `...' iff VAR has been defined >>> +% @ifset VAR ... @end ifset reads the `...' if VAR has been defined >> >> I don't think that use of "iff" here and in many other places touched >> by this patch is a typo. >> >> Anyway, as texinfo.tex in gnulib comes verbatim from another project, >> any changes to texinfo.tex should be made there first. > > I agree. While iff is not a part of the English language, it's use in > technical writing to imply "if and only if" is standard practice. > Replacing it with if changes the meaning of the sentence and the other > alternative is to use the entire phrase which gets too long and unwieldy.
OK, thanks. I didn't know that. Looked like a copy&paste thing. I'll amend the patch accordingly. Regards, Tim
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