Update of bug #39028 (project make):
Item Group:None = Enhancement
Status:None = Fixed
Assigned to:None = psmith
Open/Closed:
URL:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39028
Summary: [patch] fix and uniformize four error messages
Project: make
Submitted by: bens
Submitted on: Mon 20 May 2013 09:27:25 PM CEST
Severity: 3 - Normal
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From: bug-make-bounces+martin.dorey=hds@gnu.org
[mailto:bug-make-bounces+martin.dorey=hds@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Benno
Schulenberg
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:27
To: Benno Schulenberg; psm...@gnu.org; bo...@kolpackov.net; bug-make@gnu.org
Subject: [bug #39028] [patch] fix
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Edward Welbourne e...@chaos.org.uk wrote:
I think integer is meant instead of integral.
'integral' is the adjective form of 'integer', so, in context, it is
correctly used.
Eg C99 uses integral as an adjective meaning of integers,
C99 and Merriam Webster,
How about using plain language and calling it a whole number
instead of using jargon ?
How about not catering to the lowest common denominator and devolving
to baby-speech for fear that someone may be intimidated by a
dictionary ?
Saying what you mean in the plainest terms possible isn't
