Hi Barry,
I like language purity, but in this case I reluctantly have to
agree that ellipsize is better. Elide is from latin elidare
(to crush out), so the etymology fits perfectly. But ellipsize
is just more understandable at first sight... even if it is a made
up word.
I'm sorry that I lead
On 4.2.2014 20:43, Lennart Poettering wrote:
On Tue, 04.02.14 15:45, Barry Scott (barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk) wrote:
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 19:36:34 Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all
Elided sees widespread use in the kernel and libc for locks:
http://lwn.net/Articles/534758/
They're not referring to adding ellipses, though. They're talking
about just removing locks. In that sense, elide and ellipsize are
not synonyms.
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В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all internal
function names and variables to match.
As a non-native English speaker I must admit ellipsize was more
understandable. I am not sure I would understand elide if it was
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 19:36:34 Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all internal
function names and variables to match.
As a non-native English speaker I must admit ellipsize was more
'Twas brillig, and Andrey Borzenkov at 04/02/14 15:36 did gyre and gimble:
В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all internal
function names and variables to match.
As a non-native English speaker I must admit
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Colin Guthrie gm...@colin.guthr.ie wrote:
'Twas brillig, and Andrey Borzenkov at 04/02/14 15:36 did gyre and gimble:
В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all internal
function names
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 16:15:52 Colin Guthrie wrote:
If we do want to describe the action taken rather than the effect, then
I would use the word truncate here, rather than elide as this is
really what happens now as implemented.
But the output is not truncated. Here is example from my system:
'Twas brillig, and Barry Scott at 04/02/14 16:49 did gyre and gimble:
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 16:15:52 Colin Guthrie wrote:
If we do want to describe the action taken rather than the effect, then
I would use the word truncate here, rather than elide as this is
really what happens now as
On Tue, 04.02.14 15:45, Barry Scott (barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk) wrote:
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 19:36:34 Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
В Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:31:58 +
Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk пишет:
Change the messages output and also all internal
function names and variables to
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Barry Scott barry.sc...@onelan.co.uk wrote:
On Tue 04 Feb 2014 16:15:52 Colin Guthrie wrote:
If we do want to describe the action taken rather than the effect, then
I would use the word truncate here, rather than elide as this is
really what happens now as
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