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commit 7819b9304e1997d378481b5a9aec785e5352a6dd
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 05:23:10 2026 -0500

    ChangeLog: Clarify entries and fix missing word.
    
    Also consistenly use comparatives (cf. superlatives).
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 ChangeLog | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38d2d40bc..f827356a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
        * src/include/symbol.h: Preprocessor-include "<string.h>" header
        file to access strchr(3).
-       (class symbol): Declare new member function
-       `contains()` indicating whether the `char` argument appears the
-       symbol.
+       (class symbol): Declare new member function `contains()`
+       indicating whether the `char` argument appears in the symbol's
+       name.
        (symbol::contains): Implement it `inline`, wrapping strchr(3).
 
 2026-04-10  G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
        character under examination in the hyphenation exception word
        argument.  Gather that hyphenation code earlier, and mark the
        word as invalid if the hyphenation code is zero--exception: the
-       character '-' is also valid, since it marks the hyphenation
-       break point.  Consequently, we now throw a warning in category
-       `char` on attempted hyphenation exception words like "non*sense"
-       and "0123456789".  Drop later conditional loop break if the
+       character '-' is also valid, since it marks a hyphenation point.
+       Consequently, we now throw a warning in category `char` on
+       attempted hyphenation exception words like "non*sense" and
+       "0123456789".  Drop later conditional loop break if the
        hyphenation code is zero since that now cannot be the case--we
-       didn't enter the containing branch in the first place.  Replace
-       a test of the index into the hyphenation exception word being
-       greater than zero with an assert(3)ion of the same inside the
-       branch, as it's now an invariant that a valid hyphenation
+       now don't enter the containing branch in the first place.
+       Replace a test of the index into the hyphenation exception word
+       being greater than zero with an assert(3)ion of the same inside
+       the branch, as it's now an invariant that a valid hyphenation
        exception word contains a nonzero count of characters bearing
        hyphenation codes.
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
        (class environment): Declare new member functions returning
        `void`: `set_interword_space_size()`,
        `reset_supplemental_intersentence_space_size()`, and
-       `set_supplemental_intersentence_space_size()`.  (The last two
+       `set_supplemental_intersentence_space_size()`.  (The latter two
        differ because callers of the former require no knowledge of the
        default supplemental inter-sentence space size.)  Drop
        declaration of `friend` function `space_size()`.
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
        (add_hyphenation_exception_words_request): Continue interpreting
        any arguments subsequent to an invalid one.  Doing so is more
        consistent with AT&T troff (tested: DWB 3.3, Plan 9 from User
-       Space, Heirloom Doctools, Solaris).  Convert diagnostic emitted
+       Space, Heirloom Doctools, Solaris).  Demote diagnostic emitted
        in this circumstance from an error to a warning in category
        "char".
 

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