On Monday, September 2, 2019 10:21:33 PM CEST Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:19:24 +0200 > > Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I am not used to the mathematical English jargon. It make sense, but > > > > then > > > > I > > > > would replace it with "If and only if": for clarity. > > > > > > While it's used in a number of places and it's pretty common wording > > > overall in the literature, I agree that we should probably change this > > > in > > > locking API user facing documentation. > > > > I would say not only in locking/. The argument is valid for the entire > > Documentation/. I wait for Jon's opinion before proceeding. > > I don't really have a problem with "iff"; it doesn't seem like *that* > obscure a term to me. But if you want spell it out, I guess I don't have > a problem with that. We can change it - iff you send a patch to do it :) I do not mind too, once I got the meaning of IFF to *me* is clear and translatable to SSE (i will not). My opinion is that abbreviations should not be used in general. But it is a weak opinion. I can do, and send, a patch > > Thanks, > > jon
