On 13/07/11 09:07, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On 2011-07-13 09:28:55 +0200, Benoît Knecht wrote: >> Well I prefer not using abreviations in documentation (char -> >> character, max -> maximum); of course, those are obvious, but I think >> it's in general better to use plain words. As for line vs. newline, I >> have no preference, I simply used the term from the first part of the >> description (for the same reason, I used the singular form, as in >> "newline count"). > > "line" would be incorrect if the last line doesn't end with a newline > character. One may wonder whether this is really a line, but according > to wc's -L option, it is: > > $ echo -n abc | wc -l -L > 0 3 > > Since wc outputs 3 for the "the length of the longest line", then > this means that "abc" (without a newline character) is a line. Thus > the line count is 1 and the newline count is 0.
OK thanks guys. I push that verbatim (well I added a '.') cheers, Pádraig.
