On 2022-06-08 13:10, slipbits wrote:
> 3.7.13 Bison Declaration Summary
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> "Directive: *%token-table*
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> This feature is obsolescent, avoid it in new projects."
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> "obsolescent" should be "obsolete"
This is incorrect. "Obsolescent" is a word, and it's used correctly here; it
is the right word, and cannot be replaced by "obsolete".
Example sentence:
"Certain features are obsolescent, which means that they may be considered for
withdrawal in future revisions of this International Standard."
(ISO/IEC 9899:1999 "Programming Languages - C", Introduction)
Moreover, you failed to spot the real error of orthography: the "run-on
sentence"
situation when independent clauses are joined by a comma.
Correct:
This feature is obsolescent; avoid it in new projects.
This feature is obsolescent. Avoid it in new projects.
Some languages allow the comma as a clause joiner; written English doesn't.
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> 3.7.14 %define Summary
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> "However, newer such features are associated with variables" should be
> "However, newer features are associated with variables
This is also correct English: "newer such features" means "newer features in
that same category" or "newer features such as that one".
