Re: [boost] Gender neutral documentation

From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-08 16:58:01

In-Reply-To: <u1x1ua1zr.fsf_at_[hidden]>
dave_at_[hidden] (David Abrahams) wrote (abridged):
> >>    For example, if Bind is unneeded the user can discard it
> >>    completely.
> >> 
> >> is much more to the point.
> >
> > But "is unneeded" again fails to say who doesn't need it, and hence 
> > fails to say why it isn't needed. 
> 
> I don't see how saying who doesn't need it would indicate anything
> about why it isn't needed.

If it is you who needs it, you also know why you need it. If it is the 
library which sometimes needs it, you have to guess when.

-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK.