Re: fix typos in comments

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Dmitriy Olshevskiy <olshevskiy87(at)bk(dot)ru>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: fix typos in comments
Date: 2015-04-26 16:53:30
Message-ID: 34704.1430067210@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2015-04-26 19:13:42 +0400, Dmitriy Olshevskiy wrote:
>> - * therefor it is up to the calling routine to
>> + * therefore it is up to the calling routine to

> I think both are actually legal? Yes therefore is more common, but
> still.

Hm. My dictionary says that "therefor" is archaic, but to my eye it
looks just wrong. Certainly no modern writer would spell it like that.

> Nope. Iff means "if and only if".

Right, "iff" is intentional here (and in many other places). We've
discussed that before.

regards, tom lane

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