GNU bug report logs - #6877
Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:10:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 6877-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Glenn Morris'" <rgm <at> gnu.org>, <6877-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#6877: Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:50:56 -0700

> These uses of "till" seems like perfectly good English to me.

Yes, they are.  There is lots of perfectly good English that we might not choose
to use in the doc.

It can make sense to use a word like "until" instead of "till" because more
people are familiar with it.  (But it's not a big deal.)
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