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bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is proble
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Maxim Cournoyer |
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bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic |
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Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:16:17 -0400 |
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Hi Attila,
Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> writes:
>> > would you be fine if we renamed MAYBE-VALUE-SET? to UNSET-VALUE?
>>
>>
>> unset-value? sounds like an action; so I'd name it 'maybe-value-unset?';
>> but as I wrote above I don't really see the benefit/like the idea.
>
>
> it's always funny when two non-native speakers (?) argue about
> english... :) maybe we should invite one into the conversation?
Eh. I'm not a native English speaker either (although living in North
America you can't really escape being exposed to it), but the naming
issue here seems logical rather than subjective to me: unset can be both
a verb or an adjective; by moving it after the noun, it communicates
better that it acts as an adjective rather than as a verb.
So instead of 'unset-value?', I'd use 'value-unset?', but since in this
case we're dealing with a 'maybe' type defined with the 'define-maybe'
macro, I'd keep 'maybe-value-unset?'.
I hope this makes sense.
Native English speakers are welcome to tip in, of course :-).
Thanks,
Maxim
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, (continued)
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Maxim Cournoyer, 2022/08/09
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Attila Lendvai, 2022/08/11
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Maxim Cournoyer, 2022/08/13
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Attila Lendvai, 2022/08/13
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Maxim Cournoyer, 2022/08/13
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Attila Lendvai, 2022/08/16
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic,
Maxim Cournoyer <=
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, (, 2022/08/17
- bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Maxim Cournoyer, 2022/08/09
bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic, Maxim Cournoyer, 2022/08/01