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Re: Consensus on MT-, AS- and AC-Safety docs.
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>, Torvald Riegel <triegel at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:24:07 +0000
- Subject: Re: Consensus on MT-, AS- and AC-Safety docs.
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2013, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Or maybe we could use some other non-English keyword that users would
> look up (say NanAPIp, for Not an API promise, or FS-Unsafe, standing for
I think we should generally go for longer text that makes sense on its own
rather than non-English keywords. (Although having a cross-reference to
the detailed definitions *also* makes sense.)
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Joseph S. Myers
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