On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 05:26:00PM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > >"Joe can open the door during the meeting" could mean "Joe is able to > >open the door (e.g., he has the keys)" or "from time to time, Joe will > >open the door during the meeting (e.g., it has been known to happen)." > > > >But I agree that it doesn't seem to be used that way in gcc. > > And in compilers in general (e.g. may-alias).
I think that it is not worth worrying about, and apologize for contributing to the noise. It is rare that the usage is confusing, because the reader can tell from context which is meant in almost all cases.
