cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ufs ufs_vnops.c

[John Baldwin]

On Sunday 04 June 2006 20:19, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Friday,  2 June 2006 at  9:26:13 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Friday 02 June 2006 06:25, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >> On Friday,  2 June 2006 at 10:38:29 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:54:59AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >>>> On Friday,  2 June 2006 at  2:50:47 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, John Baldwin wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thursday 01 June 2006 06:01, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:49:50AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >>>>>>>> @@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
> >>>>>>>> the file must be open for writing.
> >>>>>>>> .Sh RETURN VALUES
> >>>>>>>> .Rv -std
> >>>>>>>> +If the file to be modified is not a directory or
> >>>>>>>> +a regular file, the
> >>>>>>>> +.Fn truncate
> >>>>>>>> +call will return the value 0.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Doesn't "value of 0" sound better?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Not to me, though I can't explain why.  I think the phrase "X
> >>>>>> will return the value Y" is common in man pages though.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "will return" sounds strange to be.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, it will be better if you avoid the future tense.
> >>>
> >>> May I recommend that one of you just change it?
> >>
> >> What colour?
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "Which colour?" or even "Which color?" *duck*
> 
> I don't think so.  Why should it?

Somewhere in my brain there's this notion that if one is choosing amongst a 
set of items one should use 'which' rather than 'what', e.g. 'which floor' in 
an elevator rather than 'what floor'.

-- 
John Baldwin