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Re: Small correction to commit ae2463796f236b8ee2cef3b5e38bffa13abd2233


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Small correction to commit ae2463796f236b8ee2cef3b5e38bffa13abd2233
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:25:20 +0300

> From: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:02:18 +0200
> 
> >evaluation cannot load any files, nor calls functions like
> >@code{posn-at-point} or @code{window-in-direction}, which themselves
> >+evaluate the mode line, as doing so could cause infinite recursion.
> 
> Shouldn't that be 'cannot load any files nor call functions'?

No, because "calls" refers to 'evaluation", which is singular, not
plural.

> PS: @list I was just listing to the 'allow ...' discussion and you may have 
> overseen that allow + infinitive is the 1:1
> translation of 'permitir + infinitive' in Spanish ;-) 
> Anyhow, my question would be if we always need 'allowing' or if we can say 
> that "variables _control_ how things
> are done" and functions _do_ things. Wouldn't that be easier to read (and 
> understand)?

Yes, where "controls" is appropriate.  It isn't always.  Here's one
random example:

  Turning on option 'foo' allows you to observe a wonderful vista.

Thanks.



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