On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 08:10:11PM +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote: > Le torstaina 31. elokuuta 2023, 18.28.48 EEST Stefano Sabatini a écrit : > > On date Tuesday 2023-08-29 10:34:45 +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote: > > > Quoting Stefano Sabatini (2023-08-27 14:38:44) > > > > > > > Il sab 26 ago 2023, 20:08 Anton Khirnov <an...@khirnov.net> ha scritto: > > > > > Document our longstanding de facto policies on things like > > > > > correctness, > > > > > thread-safety, UB, etc. > > > > > > > > UB? > > > > > > undefined behavior > > > > yes, let's avoid acronyms > > I think that developers should know common accronyms of the primary > programming language of the project, and it is totally reasonable to expect > that they are. >
> And yes, UB is a very well known accronym in this context. In my experience, > people who don't know the accronym don't know the concept either, so spelling > it out wouldn't even help. There is a difference between not knowing a concept and not knowing what concept is referenced. "Undefined behavior" can be googled, and can to some extend be understood from the meaning of the words by people with a math background. googling "UB" results in "Universitätsbibliothek Wien" here and nothing on the first page of links is related to "undefined" So i do think, in case of a policy or some coding rules it should be spelled out thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. -- Thucydides
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