> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 06:09:25 +0100 > From: Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:14:54AM -0400, Lawrence Teo wrote: > > The inet(3) man page has always felt messy to me, where the words > > "function" and "routine" are used interchangeably to describe the > > various functions in inconsistent ways. This extra verbiage makes it > > somewhat harder to look up the descriptions of functions. > > > > Since it is understood that this man page describes functions, I have > > created a diff that removes those words to make it easier and quicker > > for programmers to find the info they need. > > > > Comments? Ok? > > > > Lawrence > > > > bit of a slippery slope, this one. the man pages in general use the > terms function and routine interchangeably. you can "fix" one page, but > it will have little overall difference. > > not that i'm against your diff. i'm just not sure it will have the > overall effect you want.
Dunno, feels like a change just for the sake of change. Some people prefer the slightly more verbose style, where the descriptions are proper sentences that start with a capital letter. Some prefer the slightly more compact style. I don't think we are ever going to achieve consistency in style issues like that, and frankly speaking I don't think why we should. In cases like this I tend to say: if it ain't broken, don't fix it.
