On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 19:19 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > The random verb order is especially confsing for 'fix' and 'fixup'. > 'fixup' is a noun, but is sometimes abused as a verb and adverb instead > of the correct verb and adverb 'fix up'. When it is placed at the > end, e.g., for limit_fixup(), it is unclear if it is a noun or a verb. > The noun form would mean a function returning a fixup and the verb > form would mean a function fixing up something. Using 'fix' instead > of fix as a verb at the end is even worse since 'fix' really is both > a noun and a verb. The normal order in fixlimit makes it clear that > it is used as a verb.
This stuff all becomes easier if you remember one simple rule: In English, there is no noun which cannot be verbed. -- Ian _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
