Pádraig Brady wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> According to Eric Blake on 5/20/2009 8:20 AM: >>>> CNT doesn't read too well :) >>>> How about COUNT or NUM? >>> COUNT runs into length problems - adding 4 characters per instance builds up >>> fast. I'll try with NUM instead. As it is, I already had to rephrase >>> things >>> since "nth" is a word, but "count'th" and "num'th" are not. >> >> According to Matthew Woehlke on 5/20/2009 10:22 AM: >>> s/N/K/ ? :-) >> >>> Is "K'th" item too awkward? (Or some other letter that isn't 'N'?) >> >> I like the idea of Kth. How about this version of the patch? > > That's an improvement. I've a slight reservation in that > K is a valid suffix, but I think this is fine.
I like it, too. Thanks! Initially I considered using K, but discarded it for precisely that reason. Now that I see the result, I don't mind at all. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
