cvs commit: src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vfsops.c

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sun Nov 18 15:50:57 PST 2007


In message: <47401A31.3050003 at FreeBSD.org>
            "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: I recommend we "i.f.f." ie deliberately periodize its use outside of 
: mathematics and logic; this is a common use; if the strict use is 
: needed, use '<=>' in comments. There's no 7-bit ASCII glyph for iff 
: which is another problem.

I've never once seen 'i.f.f.' in anything I've read on computer
science, mathematics or logic.  I fail to see how you can assert
that's a common usage.  There's nothing wrong with "iff" and there's
no problem here that really needs fixing.  Anything to replace it
would only be more obscure.

Warner


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