can we avoid using contractions in GDB messages?
Michael Snyder
msnyder@vmware.com
Mon Mar 7 19:07:00 GMT 2011
Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Just a suggestion. It's really a detail, and I won't push for us
> to adopt this suggestion, but:
>
>> + if (minsym == NULL)
>> + error (_("Error reading inferior's overlay table: couldn't "
>> + "find `_ovly_table' array\n"
>> + "in inferior. Use `overlay manual' mode."));
>
> I'm not very fond of contractions in error messages (or any message
> printed by GDB). I know there is plenty of "prior art" of our use
> of contractions in the output, but I just think it looks better to
> spell words completely. For the future, can we agree on avoiding
> contractions?
>
My $0.02 -- I don't think there's anything wrong with contractions.
They're a part of standard English.
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