On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 03:15:14PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 01:58:38PM +0000, Rob Pierce wrote:
> > A little less wordy when introducing the namieidata structure.
> >
> > Ok?
> >
> > Index: namei.9
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man9/namei.9,v
> > retrieving revision 1.18
> > diff -u -p -r1.18 namei.9
> > --- namei.9 23 Nov 2015 17:53:57 -0000 1.18
> > +++ namei.9 2 Aug 2018 13:51:43 -0000
> > @@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ for name-to-inode conversion, in the day
> > .Xr vfs 9
> > interface was implemented.
> > .Pp
> > -The arguments passed to the functions are encapsulated in the
> > +Arguments passed to these functions are encapsulated in the following
> > .Em nameidata
> > -structure.
> > -It has the following structure:
> > +structure:
> > .Bd -literal
> > struct nameidata {
> > /*
> >
>
> hi.
>
> i'm not sure it's a big win - it's just another way of saying the same
> thing. but now it can be interpreted to mean that there are more than one
> type of namei structure.
>
> the use of "structure" twice isn;t ideal though, i agree.
>
> jmc
I agree, this is not a big win, but when I read four instances of "the" and two
instances of "structure" in two sentence where one would do, I start to lose
focus. I don't see how this could be misinterpreted, but maybe I am missing
something.
Rob
