Re: [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns
From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-13 07:17:22
On Fri, Jun 11 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:
The latest solution looking for a problem [1] is to use the actively debated among linguists singular "they" [2]. Leaving aside the linguistic intricacies that not all singular "they" are equal [3], and the overwhelming sentiment that these kinds of political discussions don't provide value for this community [4], the "issue" can be easily solved by simply using different wording. - The reviewer herself + The reviewers themselves Problem solved. Cheers. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.975.git.1623085069.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ (local) [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/01/singular-their-affront-good-writing/319329/ [3] https://ahdictionary.tumblr.com/post/147597257733/updated-usage-note-they [4] https://lore.kernel.org/git/87wnrooa17.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ (local) Felipe Contreras (2): doc: avoid using the gender of other people comments: avoid using the gender of our users
This looks good to me, especially the reduction in verbosity in hunks like: - * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context pointer, - * which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. + * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context + * pointer with any kind of data. The comment gives you the same information, but now it takes a shorter time to read it.