cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/rescue/rescue Makefile

[Garance A Drosihn]

At 4:03 AM +1000 7/15/03, Bruce Evans wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, David O'Brien wrote:
>
>>  On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:57:43AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
>>  > gordon      2003/07/11 09:57:43 PDT
>>  >
>>  >   FreeBSD src repository
>>  >
>>  >   Modified files:
>>  >     .                    Makefile.inc1
>>  >     rescue/rescue        Makefile
>>  >   Log:
>  > >   Turn rescue back on, conditional to NORESCUE. We seem to
>  > >   be split on using underscores or not, ...
>  >
>  > We aren't split -- older options have no underscore, new ones
>  > do (unless tightly related to older options).  Please change
>  > it to NO_RESUCE.
>
>We are split.  Some of us don't like the underscores.  Please
>change it only after you change the English word "nothing" to
>"no_thing" both in spelling an pronunciation.

"norescue" is pronounced "no rescue" and not "nor escue".
Personally I think it's much better to have 'no_blah' for
options, for those cases where 'noblah' is a valid word
that does not mean 'no blah', such as "NO_ISE" being
obviously different than "NOISE".

I picked up this line of thinking from the author of ruby,
who notes that for people who are not-native to English, it
is much easier to deal with 'word_word' than 'wordword'.

Just my 2 cents.  I'd vote for the 'NO_' form.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn            =   gad at gilead.netel.rpi.edu
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute    or  drosih at rpi.edu