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Re: can we avoid using contractions in GDB messages?
On Mar 7, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Michael Snyder wrote:
> 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.
True. But they are less familiar to those who are not native speakers.
paul