From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26015 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2006 10:29:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 26001 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Dec 2006 10:29:04 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from viper.snap.net.nz (HELO viper.snap.net.nz) (202.37.101.8) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:28:48 +0000 Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-124-80.snap.net.nz [202.124.124.80]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2203D83C9; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:29:43 +1300 (NZDT) Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id D533CBE3D2; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:24:24 +1300 (NZDT) From: Nick Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <17779.63318.762220.451152@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:29:00 -0000 To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Cc: Vladimir Prus Subject: Re: [commit] Doc: -var-delete X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.91.10 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-12/txt/msg00022.txt.bz2 > > @smallexample > > ! =C2-var-delete [ -c ] @var{name} > > @end smallexample > >=20 > > Deletes a previously created variable object and all of its children. > > + With the @samp{-c} option, just deletes the children. > Should this be "deletes just the children"? Or "deletes only the children= "? > The way it's written now "just" binds to "deletes", so one wonders if > there's "just delete" behaviour and "not just delete" behaviour and what > the latter might be. If it were a legal contract, I think you may have found a loophole. For general reading though, I think the second sentence is unambiguous in the context of the first. However I don't mind if someone wants to change it. --=20 Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob