From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26867 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2006 20:50:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 26854 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Feb 2006 20:50:07 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from gandalf.inter.net.il (HELO gandalf.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:50:05 +0000 Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HYG13972; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:48:12 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-248-45.inter.net.il [83.130.248.45]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CTI63649 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:48:11 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:51:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: "Jim Blandy" CC: gaius@glam.ac.uk, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <8f2776cb0602211101u6917eb7bx9caa0bc7a7ecee41@mail.gmail.com> (jimb@red-bean.com) Subject: Re: Enhanced language support for Modula-2 Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <87vevg9puv.fsf@j228-gm.comp.glam.ac.uk> <8f2776cb0602151619w5fd8f043u3e7227e27f3567a9@mail.gmail.com> <20060220150513.GB14155@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0602201322o3791841dv2916e53181e9f308@mail.gmail.com> <87lkw5qaa9.fsf@j228-gm.comp.glam.ac.uk> <8f2776cb0602211101u6917eb7bx9caa0bc7a7ecee41@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: 2006-02/txt/msg00407.txt.bz2 > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:01:11 -0800 > From: "Jim Blandy" > Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com > > On 21 Feb 2006 10:24:46 +0000, Gaius Mulley wrote: > > +Currently @value{GDBN} can print the following data types in Modula-2 > > +syntax: array types, record types, set types, pointer types, > > +procedure types, enumerated types, subrange types and base types. > > +Values of these types may also be printed. So for example, if the > > +following section of code were compiled, > > This is Eli's call, but it's general practice in GNU documentation to > go ahead and use "you" in preference to the passive voice. I don't > have a reference for this rule, I just have memories of Stallman > correcting this in my own writing. Right. The reason is that passive-voice sentences frequently are longer, more complicated and awkward than active voice. So avoiding passive makes the text more concise and clear.