On 04/27/2014 11:56 AM, Richard Kenner wrote: >>>>> any symbols it references. This may result in those symbols getting >>>>> discarded by GCC as unreferenced. >>> >>> We can omit "by GCC" here. >> >> We can, but we should not. We should avoid the passive voice like the >> plague in technical documentation, even if doing so leads to some >> slight redundancy. > > I agree, but that's still passive voice (you need not omit the actor to be > using passive voice)! Active voice (which is indeed preferred) is "This > may result in GCC discarding those symbols as unreferenced."
Indeed. That's definitely better. Andrew.
