linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language

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Date:	Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:53:37 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language

On 12/03/13 01:04, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Disclaimer: didn't read through all of it.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Matthew Garrett
> <matthew.garrett@...ula.com> wrote:
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
>> @@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ static void handle_msgin(struct mesh_state *ms)
>>                         if (tp->sdtr_state != sdtr_sent) {
>>                                 /* reply with an SDTR */
>>                                 add_sdtr_msg(ms);
>> -                               /* limit period to at least his value,
>> -                                  offset to no more than his */
>> +                               /* limit period to at least its value,
>> +                                  offset to no more than its */
>>                                 if (ms->msgout[3] < ms->msgin[3])
>>                                         ms->msgout[3] = ms->msgin[3];
>>                                 if (ms->msgout[4] > ms->msgin[4])
> 
> I think both occurrences of "his" should actually be "this".
> 
> BTW, the singular they  ("The caller must know what they are doing!")
> feels a bit strange to me, but it seems to match the wikipedia article on
> singular they. As a non-native English speaker, I was not familiar with it.

I understand, since as a native English speaker I was not familiar with it either,
and I still don't like it.  ;)


-- 
~Randy
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