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@xxxxxxxxx/ > [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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > 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.
