>From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: June 16, 2021 4:59 PM >To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>; Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> >Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx>; Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>; Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>; >Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>; Robert Karszniewicz <avoidr@xxxxxxxxx>; Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples > >Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> 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 ;-)? > >I don't know anybody named Tabby or Fido (or at least any human). > >Maybe Mary and John, or Linda and James. Stevie, Jan, Pat, Chris, Randy, and Sue (if you're a Johnny Cash fan) I have used some of those in docs.
