From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2876 invoked by alias); 31 Dec 2006 23:49:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 2868 invoked by uid 22791); 31 Dec 2006 23:49:41 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:49:37 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1AQn-0007l0-KB; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:49:33 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:49:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: jimb@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [c++] Pointer to member overhaul Message-ID: <20061231234933.GA29790@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , jimb@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20061229025509.GA29152@nevyn.them.org> <20061231224043.GA28190@nevyn.them.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00431.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 12:55:33AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:40:43 -0500 > > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > > > > > The sentence "CONTENTS is the bytes forming the pointer to method" > > > isn't grammatical. > > > > Actually I disagree. CONTENTS is a singular noun here, the pointer > > whose name is "contents". > > How about > > "CONTENTS is the byte pattern representing the pointer to method." > > A similar wording is used a few lines below the one being disputed. Works for me. Thank you. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery