Re: The request of words matter updated

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>]

On 27/09/2022 21:54 Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> I will also point out that tracking the terms used by the formal parameters
> in the callee's header files or documentation, as proposed upthread — is
> a clear, objective criterion; makes the terminology decisions Someone
> Else's Problem; makes the code easier to read; and involves less churn.
> Without advocating for that particular solution or considering what
> downsides it may have, I do wish to say those properties thereof seem
> desirable.

As Lawrence and Bart already noted, there's no good steer here from the
various technical documents, or even vendors' manual pages.  The only
hint in this direction might be to use ptm and pts, which doesn't seem
very elegant or likely to achieve any kind of consensus, so I won't
propose it.

I'm guessing that of those who favour a change there are no major
feelings in favour of any of the various alternative ways of saying "upper"
and "lower"?

Once that's established, perhaps someone could arrange for an online vote
at one of the websites that do that?  Given no technical change results
from any of this, opinion is all we've got, and there's evidently no
sign of a consensus.

Cheers
pws