On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:19:24 +0200 Federico Vaga <federico.v...@vaga.pv.it> wrote:
> > > I am not used to the mathematical English jargon. It make sense, but then > > > I > > > would replace it with "If and only if": for clarity. > > > > While it's used in a number of places and it's pretty common wording > > overall in the literature, I agree that we should probably change this in > > locking API user facing documentation. > > I would say not only in locking/. The argument is valid for the entire > Documentation/. I wait for Jon's opinion before proceeding. I don't really have a problem with "iff"; it doesn't seem like *that* obscure a term to me. But if you want spell it out, I guess I don't have a problem with that. We can change it - iff you send a patch to do it :) Thanks, jon