Re: svn_wc_parse_externals_description3 docstring

Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 15:27, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
>> Edmund Wong wrote:
>>>
>>>   "* The format of @a desc is the same as for values of the directory
>>>    * property @c SVN_PROP_EXTERNALS, which see."
>>>
>>> I don't understand that last part, "which see".
>>
>> "which see" is something like "which you should go read for more information".
>
> Eh? It's just plain bad grammar. Probably somebody just forgot to
> finish writing that sentence.

No, it's complete. It's the English translation of the Latin term
"quod vide". The abbreviation "q.v." would be more conventional; I
don't know if non-native English speakers would find that easier to
understand.

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Received on 2009-04-17 17:59:36 CEST