I hate to disagree, but: > On May 31, 2022, at 3:54 AM, Éric Vyncke via Datatracker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > s/MUST consist in an increment by one the older/MUST consist in an increment > by > one of the older/ ? Moreover, 'increment' is usually understood as 'add 1' so > no need to add 'by one' in the sentence
I think “by one” was more unambiguous even the sentence doesn’t scan as prettily. Although in computing it’s true that “increment” without any qualification does generally imply one, isn’t it even better to be explicit? Certainly the dictionary definition of “increment” doesn’t include “by one”. In this particular case, the “by one” is important since it has implications on how fast the (very small) version number space could wrap. My own preference would be to re-introduce “by one” or similar, when/if doing another version. $0.02, —John _______________________________________________ lisp mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lisp
