svn commit: r331226 - in head/sys: amd64/linux amd64/linux32 i386/linux

[Ian Lepore]

On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 19:19 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote:
> The random verb order is especially confsing for 'fix' and 'fixup'.
> 'fixup' is a noun, but is sometimes abused as a verb and adverb instead
> of the correct verb and adverb 'fix up'.  When it is placed at the
> end, e.g., for limit_fixup(), it is unclear if it is a noun or a verb.
> The noun form would mean a function returning a fixup and the verb
> form would mean a function fixing up something.  Using 'fix' instead
> of fix as a verb at the end is even worse since 'fix' really is both
> a noun and a verb.  The normal order in fixlimit makes it clear that
> it is used as a verb.

This stuff all becomes easier if you remember one simple rule:

    In English, there is no noun which cannot be verbed.

-- Ian