>>>>> "Gregor" == Gregor Gorjanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:48:40 +0200 writes:
Gregor> Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
>> Gregor Gorjanc wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> There is a tiny typo in list.Rd.
>>>
>>> Index: R/src/library/base/man/list.Rd
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- ../man/list.Rd (revision 38909)
>>> +++ ../man/list.Rd (working copy)
>>> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
>>> inconsistent with functions such as \code{\link{as.character}}, and is
>>> for efficiency since lists can be expensive to copy.)
>>>
>>> - \code{is.list} returns \code{TRUE} iff its argument
>>> + \code{is.list} returns \code{TRUE} if its argument
>>>
>>
>> Those are not typo's - (there are two "iff"'s in that paragraph).
>> "iff" is a short-hand for "if and only if", in some culture.
Gregor> OK, I did not know that and I appologize for making noise on the
list
Gregor> for this. However, I wonder how many people know this?
I think I'd like to keep fostering a culture where this is
known. It's such a beatiful useful short concise language element.
If you don't know, nowadays there's Wikipedia where you can
find it.
Gregor> It is fine to have some short-hands (as IMHO, RTFM,
Gregor> etc. in e-mails), but these can be an obstacle for
Gregor> exact understanding of the documentation, specially
Gregor> for non-english users.
I knew what 'iff' means many years before I knew any of the
above (and any other) e-mail acronyms, .... But that just shows
how old I am....
Martin
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