On Friday 2007, April 13, Johannes Sixt wrote: > -- Hannes "Can't we not have no double negation please?" Sixt There's nothing wrong with double negatives per se. They often confer more meaning than simple logic would suggest. For example: I can't not hate CVS I hate CVS Logically identical, but semantically different. In the first, the speak would be suggesting that they've tried, but failed, to like CVS; in the second the speaker just hates it. Language isn't logic, it's fuzzy logic :-). The reason I think it's relevant to bring this up is that I think identifier naming in programming should try to use language to lead the reader down the same thought path as the writer. You want a flag that controls whether a thread is running - should it be called RunFlag or StopFlag? while( RunFlag ) while( !StopFlag ) I think that the context is important. I, personally, wouldn't like to say which is correct in that case - or in the "nodiff"/"!diff" question. However, I don't think it's correct to universally rule out all double negative use - they have their place. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html