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From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-27 17:24:48


Here are a few more grammatical corrections to the excellent filesystem
documentation.

Default Name Check mechanism
Dangers
second sentence:

"Since global variables are considered harmful [Wulf-Shaw-73], class path
allows the default name check function can be set only once, and only before
the first use."

should be:

"Since global variables are considered harmful [Wulf-Shaw-73], class path
allows that the default name check function can be set only once, and only
before the first use."

or

"Since global variables are considered harmful [Wulf-Shaw-73], class path
allows the default name check function to be set only once, and only before
the first use."

Rationale
Const vs non-const returns
last sentence:

"A requirement that path::iterator not be a non-class type was added to
eliminate errors non-const iterator errors."

should be:

"A requirement that path::iterator not be a non-class type was added to
eliminate non-const iterator errors."

or better:

"A requirement that path::iterator be a class type was added to eliminate
non-const iterator errors."

Finally, in operations.hpp, links on "class directory_iterator" and "other
functions" to their explanations further down the page do not work using
IE, Netscape, or Opera, so I imagine some HTML error.


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