On 12/11/18 9:52 PM, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote:

> I can certainly see removing the f-word, and other words of a sexual
> nature.  Those are clearly inappropriate.

Fair enough, but we shouldn't touch imported sources, as Joe Darcy
pointed out. Let the rudeness be fixed at source.

> Removing lesser words, and continuing to police their use henceforth,
> strikes me as overkill.
> 
> What do other Committers think?

I agree with your judgment. Sometimes emphasis is important, and to reduce
a very strong emphasis to mild disapproval is an information-losing change.
We would be doing a disservice to the reader.

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Andrew Haley
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