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Re: gdb spelling corrections patches


On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 01:56:40PM -0700, David B Anderson wrote:
>I've noted a number of mispellings in comments in gdb.
>(ignoring duplicates, perhaps 40 or so).
>
>I only  show a few diffs here, against top-of-trunk gdb.
>(the dependance (correct is dependence) spelling 
>confusion appears in a number of files, BTW)
>
>If these patches are acceptable I will submit others.
>
>Is there a preference for large batches or small ones?
>That is, is fixing all in one long set of patches
>or fixing just a 'reasonable set' per submission the better
>approach?
>
>Would folks rather not hear about these spelling mistakes?
>(perhaps this is an old issue)
>
>Guidance would be welcome.

I love to see spelling patches, personally.  It would help if you used
the '-p' option to diff when submitting patches since this makes it clear
what function is being affected.

I'm not sure if these should have ChangeLog entries or not.  Probably
they should.

The entry would be pretty simple, like:

2000-06-07  David B Anderson  <davea@quasar.engr.sgi.com>

	* dst.h: Fix spelling error in comment.
	* dbxread.c: Ditto, throughout.

However, maybe Andrew will want something more comprehensive...

cgf

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