On 2012/06/04 15:39:10, kieren_macmillan_sympatico.ca wrote:
Hi David (et al.),

>> should be a comma here, not a semicolon.
>
> Well, we have two separate complete sentences, and joined with a
comma
> the reader is easily confused into reading "attempts" as a verb,
even
> though admittedly it would be singular and thus not a complete match
to
> "the simultaneous sections".
>
> To me this suggests using a semicolon (or reword everything, but
then I
> am lazy) in order to save the reader from backtracking.

I would say comma if the "but" is included, semicolon if the "but" is
excluded.

I'll change this on commit but not upload a separate patch for review.

http://codereview.appspot.com/6248080/

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