From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] git config: clarify bool types
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:14:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <94a0d4530910121014k666207b9ub38fcecd47641ace@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AD3216B.7030507@drmicha.warpmail.net>
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras venit, vidit, dixit 12.10.2009 12:03:
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> The value is what it is, the --bool and --bool-or-int options don't
>>>> specify the value type, just how it is interpreted. For example: a value
>>>> of '1' can be interpreted as 'true'.
>>>
>>> It is not really about "interpreting", but about showing, isn't it?
>>
>> Unless you are setting it, instead of reading it.
>>
>
> I'd still suggest fixing the typo ("interpreted") and spelling out
> "boolean".
Oops! You mean s/intepreted/interpreted/?
If we spell 'boolean' we might as well spell 'integer'; I think bool
and int are fine.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-12 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-11 20:46 [PATCH 0/3] Trivial patches Felipe Contreras
2009-10-11 20:46 ` [PATCH 1/3] Fix a bunch of pointer declarations (codestyle) Felipe Contreras
2009-10-11 20:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] git config: clarify bool types Felipe Contreras
2009-10-11 20:46 ` [PATCH 3/3] user-manual: use 'fast-forward' Felipe Contreras
2009-10-12 5:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-12 10:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-10-12 12:50 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-10-12 5:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] git config: clarify bool types Junio C Hamano
2009-10-12 10:03 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-10-12 12:30 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-10-12 17:14 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2009-10-13 7:09 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-10-13 10:02 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-10-11 20:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] Fix a bunch of pointer declarations (codestyle) Thiago Farina
2009-10-11 20:56 ` Felipe Contreras
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