Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.27-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch File: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3.gz
--- fflush.3.orig 2011-02-19 02:47:40.000000000 +0200 +++ fflush.3.new 2011-02-19 02:49:06.000000000 +0200 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ For input streams, .BR fflush () discards any buffered data that has been fetched from the underlying file, -but has not been by the application. +but has not been consumed by the application. The open status of the stream is unaffected. .PP If the ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Justin B Rye <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Regid Ichira <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 2:08:01 AM Subject: Re: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3: syntactically and logically correctness vs readability (of just 1 sentence) Regid Ichira wrote: > Subject: /usr/share/man/man3/fflush.3: syntactically and logically > correctness vs readability (of just 1 sentence) (That's fflush(3) in manpages-dev, dlocate tells me) > Is > > For input streams, fflush() discards any buffered data that has been >fetched from > the underlying file, but has not been by the application. > > syntactically and logically correct? It certainly looks as if there's a missing word there. > Is > > For input streams, fflush() discards any buffered data that has been >fetched from > the underlying file, but has not been consumed by the application. > > much more clear? That's a plausible syntactic fix, and a plausible thing for the application to be (metaphorically) doing to the data, so it looks good to me. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
