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Re: svn_wc_parse_externals_description3 docstring

From: Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:11:05 +0200

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 16:48, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
> C. Michael Pilato wrote:
>> Greg Stein wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 15:27, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
>>>> Edmund Wong wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having some difficulty understanding the following docstring
>>>>> (for the subjected function):
>>>>>
>>>>>   "* 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 ... no ... It's a Karl-ism, I'm pretty sure, and "bad grammar" ain't
>> really his M.O.
>
> A Google search for "which see for more" -- which see for details :-) --
> pulls up no shortage of instances of this grammar form.

Name one.

Every one that I see has something that comes after it. As in "see WHAT".

I'm not buying that that is good grammar.

Cheers,
-g

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