From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA42C3A5A2 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38A821924 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="b1gm8I5x" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2393488AbfIJGfM (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:35:12 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:53038 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729627AbfIJGfM (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:35:12 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=EfnT9VJR0SzXrUiBMWp/FXHqRLpUfRlW0ohjNvj2Vb8=; b=b1gm8I5xilk/JhHQW9MqgCP2G z2VJw4VRyInonLf6onQ5j0cmX4L6CXk0HFSBHyJQ3BSiTDU288kmel00mX7AgmiajAGfUpxRoTa/M U57jR5+acOxHJWzA5WvGX+t2083sSeCJI1kh/3E/G0IfqE/JSnEubow+5KQZAODwWxxEBbq9lIpWn jA3aY/7ZRf29cUM4mYDHyAyPJ3SEE+pbJy1LBPGbfLVHEkuAcANFp9d/8kvenpdi2yvRDtPP8kU9m 2XDamMgXIGh4sND10NMvRitV58Wx6p1jvcp0okM7/RmX9jmfjkLuFnvfqxzC9RElAh8P0HX8pCVLw mcLSvMRoQ==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i7Zk6-0005SP-DO; Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:35:10 +0000 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 23:35:10 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Federico Vaga Cc: Jonathan Corbet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: replace IFF abbreviation with 'if and only if' Message-ID: <20190910063510.GA4267@infradead.org> References: <20190907105116.19183-1-federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190907105116.19183-1-federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 07, 2019 at 12:51:16PM +0200, Federico Vaga wrote: > In a normal piece of text the use of 'iff' does not guarantee a correct > interpretation because it is easy to confuse it for a typo (if or iff?). > > I believe that IFF should not be used outside a logical/mathematical > expression. For this reason with this patch I am replacing 'iff' with > 'if an only if' in text, and I am leaving it as it is in logical formulae. Hell no. If you want to avoid the usage in your own docs please go for it, but as seen in your patch we commonly use and that is a good thing as it brings the information across in a very compact way.