Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] man2/futex.2: change limit to use ISO multiple symbol

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On 2023-02-08 14:12, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
Hi Brian,

On 2/8/23 21:27, Brian Inglis wrote:
---
  man2/futex.2 | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


v2-0010-man2-futex.2-change-limit-to-use-ISO-suffix.patch

diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
index b815056d231c..b9331ead985f 100644
--- a/man2/futex.2
+++ b/man2/futex.2
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ argument was invalid
  .RI ( tv_sec
  was less than zero, or
  .I tv_nsec
-was not less than 1,000,000,000).
+was not less than 1G).

For nanoseconds, I think 1G is a bit weird.  Since you cant say 1 Gns, I'd rather keep the value.  Anyway, 1_000_000_000 or 1'000'000'000, or whatever separator we use) is something quite readable  in the context of nanoseconds.

SI actually allows Gns (/nGs?) and they cancel to s, but either looks weird here, so okay if you don't like the G in text and want to keep the long form. [I was used to the UK(/EU?) (electronics?) convention of using the SI prefix instead of a decimal point e.g. 3k6s 31M536s etc. so not much looks off to me.]

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
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