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[PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.

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From: jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Cc: jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:20:21 -0600

* libguile/boolean.c
    (scm_not): Fix typo.
    (scm_boolean_p): Fix typo.
---
 libguile/boolean.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libguile/boolean.c b/libguile/boolean.c
index e8370331f..930001a89 100644
--- a/libguile/boolean.c
+++ b/libguile/boolean.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ verify (SCM_BITS_DIFFER_IN_EXACTLY_TWO_BIT_POSITIONS		\
 
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_not, "not", 1, 0, 0, 
             (SCM x),
-            "Return @code{#t} iff @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")
+            "Return @code{#t} if @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_not
 {
   return scm_from_bool (scm_is_false (x));
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_nil_p, "nil?", 1, 0, 0,
 
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_boolean_p, "boolean?", 1, 0, 0, 
            (SCM obj),
-            "Return @code{#t} iff @var{obj} is @code{#t} or false.")
+            "Return @code{#t} if @var{obj} is @code{#t} or false.")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_boolean_p
 {
   return scm_from_bool (scm_is_bool (obj));
-- 
2.38.1

Message #8 received at 59647 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>
Cc: 59647 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59647: [PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:20:32 +0100

jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de> skribis:

> * libguile/boolean.c
>     (scm_not): Fix typo.
>     (scm_boolean_p): Fix typo.
> ---
>  libguile/boolean.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libguile/boolean.c b/libguile/boolean.c
> index e8370331f..930001a89 100644
> --- a/libguile/boolean.c
> +++ b/libguile/boolean.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ verify (SCM_BITS_DIFFER_IN_EXACTLY_TWO_BIT_POSITIONS		\
>  
>  SCM_DEFINE (scm_not, "not", 1, 0, 0, 
>              (SCM x),
> -            "Return @code{#t} iff @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")
> +            "Return @code{#t} if @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")

Hi!  These are not typos: “iff” is short for “if and only if”.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #15 received at 59647 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "jgart" <jgart <at> dismail.de>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 59647 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59647: [PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:17:20 +0000

> Hi! These are not typos: “iff” is short for “if and only if”.

Oops! 🦆 Thanks for clarifying that ;()

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