Reuben Thomas wrote: > I think this is unhelpful: > > doc/hello.texi:243:for\nFor > maint.mk: doubled words > > I bet that doubled words typed in error are almost always the same case. > Differently-cased doubled words are more likely than not to be correct. > > Hence, I suggest removing the "/i" modifier from prohibit_doubled_word_RE_.
I've seen a few false positives like that, too, often due to a comment saying "in IN" where "IN" refers to a parameter name. However, I think of that as encouragement to change the name of the parameter to something a little more descriptive. I.e., it may look like a false positive, but it's highlighting an opportunity for improvement. Your case may be different, but you didn't show us the context, and I don't have a copy of gnu hello handy. I'm pretty sure I added the /i because it exposed a few more offenders initially, so I'm reluctant to remove it now just because there are a few false positives.
