[issue10147] Python Documentation bugs
Boštjan Mejak
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Fri Oct 22 10:01:52 CEST 2010
Boštjan Mejak <bostjan.mejak at gmail.com> added the comment:
All the words that Georg Brandl fixed for this issue are okay as they stand.
Please leave them as they are written. Thank you.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Marc-Andre Lemburg
<report at bugs.python.org>wrote:
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> Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> added the comment:
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> Ãric Araujo wrote:
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> > Ãric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:
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> > Adjectives require hyphens but nouns do not. âthread-safetyâ should be
> reverted to âthread safetyâ. I havenât searched for a grammar reference,
> but you can take Wikipedia as an example: âThread safety is a computer
> programming concept applicable in the context of multi-threaded programs. A
> piece of code is thread-safe if it functions correctly during simultaneous
> execution by multiple threads.â
>
> Are you sure ?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound#Types_of_compound_nouns
>
> This appears to be more a question of personal style than a
> grammar rule.
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> nosy: +lemburg
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All the words that Georg Brandl fixed for this issue are okay as they stand. Please leave them as they are written. Thank you.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Marc-Andre Lemburg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:report at bugs.python.org">report at bugs.python.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br>
Marc-Andre Lemburg <<a href="mailto:mal at egenix.com">mal at egenix.com</a>> added the comment:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Ãric Araujo wrote:<br>
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> Ãric Araujo <<a href="mailto:merwok at netwok.org">merwok at netwok.org</a>> added the comment:<br>
><br>
> Adjectives require hyphens but nouns do not. Â âthread-safetyâ should be reverted to âthread safetyâ. Â I havenât searched for a grammar reference, but you can take Wikipedia as an example: âThread safety is a computer programming concept applicable in the context of multi-threaded programs. A piece of code is thread-safe if it functions correctly during simultaneous execution by multiple threads.â<br>
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</div>Are you sure ?<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound#Types_of_compound_nouns" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound#Types_of_compound_nouns</a><br>
<br>
This appears to be more a question of personal style than a<br>
grammar rule.<br>
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nosy: +lemburg<br>
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