Re: svn_wc_parse_externals_description3 docstring

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.

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