Edward wrote: >Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: >> >> Oh, not *another* package that tries to guess things from names. >> >> Do you have a real use for this package? There are a *lot* of issues >> in this area, and mis-gendering people is not something to risk >> lightly... > >I can add a warning to the package about problems guessing things from names, >or I'm happy to retract the ITP.
At the very least I think a warning would be useful, yes. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews