GNU bug report logs - #17309
24.4.50; Typos in autotype info

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jan.synacek <at> gmail.com (Jan Synáček)

Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, Jan Syná?ek <jan.synacek <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#17309: 24.4.50; Typos in autotype info
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 07:48:51 -0700 (PDT)

> >      "Iff" means "if and only if".  This terminology comes from
> >      mathematics.  Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
> >      many are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo.
> 
> Indeed, I think "iff" is perfectly fine in docstrings, but we should
> refrain from using it in the Texinfo documentation.

FWIW, a different policy was decided and followed before:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg00306.html

Why this policy change now?
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 22 days ago.

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