From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD159C48BE5 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF9361076 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231356AbhFPByl (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:54:41 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:60146 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230454AbhFPByk (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:54:40 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72770D0047; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:52:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=zks1Lgl9jFY2 2GNg9rl7cTaLqrR4untAQltee2C3dRI=; b=XkXA5pMQX8+uRNpOoiZYnT6IUo8o PSVrZ5hdZE961erPfmqGWyYF7Kuvp2dojgvAtumaE6DvTjzg/EPb+Xii/bYxtrlq llkmFvSlmrbU7M8Cg+E4+/xuitZEHD1j0oSzAdMFWDWuFteoR3bZYgpyDRd6Cezz wO9UfxUsiwXt2mA= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A829D0045; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:52:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.196.36.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8305D0044; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:52:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Derrick Stolee , Jeff King , Felipe Contreras , Bagas Sanjaya , Robert Karszniewicz , Emily Shaffer Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples References: Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:52:32 +0900 In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?B?IsOGdmFyCUFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:17:57 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 841FE7FA-CE45-11EB-9891-FD8818BA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > I suggested in [1] that the "alice" and "bob" examples in our > documentation would be better written without a reference to such > fictional characters, for reasons that have nothing to do with trying > to bend over backwards to avoid any reference to people's gender. It > just makes for better documentation. I actually do not mind cast of characters with concrete names, especially when there are more than three parties involved and having names for them help clarify the description. But I agree with you that Alice and Bob should be reserved for situations where appearance of Eve would reasonably be anticipated, or the use of these two names become distracting to those who happen to be aware how these characters are often used in CS literature. Perhaps s/Alice/Tabby/ and s/Bob/Fido/ or something like that ;-)?