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spaces in keys: doc, --debug in LC_ALL=C

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Message #26 received at 23665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 23665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23665: spaces in keys: doc, --debug in LC_ALL=C
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 18:52:21 -0700

Assaf Gordon wrote:
> 1. rephrase "key" with "sort key". Perhaps this is superfluous - thoughts ?

I would leave it alone. This is the 'sort' program, after all, so it's hard to 
misinterpret "key". Plus, "obsolescent sort key" might be misinterpreted as 
meaning a key for an obsolescent sort, not a sort key that is obsolescent.

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