From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15111 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2005 08:59:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 15102 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Dec 2005 08:59:06 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:59:06 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-42-206.inter.net.il [80.230.42.206]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id DDL21258 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:59:02 +0200 (IST) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:12:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Jim Blandy CC: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <8f2776cb0512091810k38454fc0vf7028b73f3008435@mail.gmail.com> (message from Jim Blandy on Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:10:36 -0800) Subject: Re: [RFC] Alternate approach to keeping convenience variables Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <4381DC75.80800@st.com> <8f2776cb0511212138g2adef40cr1632365c00e3bebc@mail.gmail.com> <43835114.5060401@st.com> <20051209205923.GA21331@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0512091513s41aea52cu531da8f5dcaa8a9@mail.gmail.com> <20051210012853.GA27261@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0512091810k38454fc0vf7028b73f3008435@mail.gmail.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-12/txt/msg00198.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:10:36 -0800 > From: Jim Blandy > > Whoa. Being bossy wasn't on my mind. I did write imperative > sentences, but only because it was terser than writing "I think", "How > about", etc. each time. Sometimes, one can be in the mood whereby reading a too imperative language would annoy a lot. FWIW, I generally find that adding "I think", "How about", "IMO", and similar phrases, while it wastes a little bandwidth, is worth that waste in gold in terms of making the discussion more pleasant and constructive. So much so that I now re-read every message before sending and add such reservations and qualifications in every sentence that isn't saying something that is 200% obvious.