On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 09:42:26PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > On 9/14/21 2:41 PM, наб wrote: > > diff --git a/man3/alloca.3 b/man3/alloca.3 > > index 71348e609..20761b079 100644 > > --- a/man3/alloca.3 > > +++ b/man3/alloca.3 > > -There is no error indication if the stack frame cannot be extended. > > -(However, after a failed allocation, the program is likely to receive a > > +Due to the nature of the stack, it is impossible to check if the allocation > > +would overflow the space available, and, hence, neither is indicating an error. > I'm not sure this use of neither (without a preceding "not") is valid > English. Is it? I don't see why not: "impossible" provides the first negation (the "not" is lives in the "in-" prefix (well, "im-" because it's before a bilabial plosive), and "neither" is in its "likewise not" adverbial use). наб
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