================ @@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ wording a diagnostic. named in a diagnostic message. e.g., prefer wording like ``'this' pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code`` over wording like ``this pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code``. +* Prefer diagnostic wording without contractions whenever possible. The single + quote in a contraction can be visually distracting due to its use with + syntactic constructs and contractions can be harder to understand for non- + native English speakers. ---------------- Sirraide wrote:
> `cannot` is a formally 'correct' way of saying it Well, ‘cannot’ and ‘can not’ mean different things, and yeah, usually, ‘cannot’ is what you want. I don’t think ‘can not’ would be too common in a diagnostic because we those are typically not about something you’re allowed not to do... https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/116803 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
