Author: Carl Friedrich Bolz <cfb...@gmx.de> Branch: extradoc Changeset: r5172:bc9dd03d4f90 Date: 2014-04-04 11:44 +0200 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/extradoc/changeset/bc9dd03d4f90/
Log: use unicode en dashes, ReST always escapes two dashes diff --git a/planning/tmdonate2.txt b/planning/tmdonate2.txt --- a/planning/tmdonate2.txt +++ b/planning/tmdonate2.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ seems now within reach is rather closer to 1.25x, i.e. running only 25% slower than the regular PyPy. -We achieved --or overachieved-- most goals laid out in the first call by +We achieved – or overachieved – most goals laid out in the first call by a large margin, while at the same time raising only about half the money. The result of this first step is `described in the documentation of PyPy`__. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Transactional Memory in PyPy. This is a technique that recently came to the front of the multi-core scene. It promises to offer multi-core CPU usage without requiring to fall back to the multi-process solutions -described above, and also without using the ``threading`` module --- +described above, and also without using the ``threading`` module — just as a small, local extension of the programming language that would be used only in the core of the event loops. @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ What is Transactional Memory? ----------------------------- -`Transactional Memory`_ --- TM --- is a technique imported from +`Transactional Memory`_ (TM) is a technique imported from databases: every time we want to do a change to the processors' main memory, we do it in a "transaction". Multiple transactions can be executed in parallel by multiple cores. When a transaction is complete, @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ our progress can be followed publicly. Paid work will be at $60/hour, but at least one developer who will work -on the project --- Armin Rigo --- has committed to 2 hours of volunteer +on the project – Armin Rigo – has committed to 2 hours of volunteer work per paid hour (so the total amount of money that we ask is divided by three). A 10% general donation will go to the `Software Freedom Conservancy`_ itself, the non-profit organization of which the PyPy @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ constrained to select and use one of the multi-process solutions that are all in some way or another hacks requiring extra knowledge and efforts to use. The focus of the work described in this proposal is to -offer an alternative in the core of the Python language --- an +offer an alternative in the core of the Python language — an alternative that can naturally integrate with the rest of the program. This alternative is implemented in PyPy. _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
