From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:39:19 GMT
Subject: Re: name for A..B ranges?
Message-ID: <276137126E354C29A6F472556B76B3D6@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4m8ed5zu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
> "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
> 
>> ..., I was wondering
>> if an alternative would be to refer to it via [use the headings of]
>> it's notation, i.e. "the 'two-dot' range notation" (or 'syntax' is
>> that is preferred), and the "three-dot symmetric difference notation".
> 
> That's a lot more sensible pair of headings, I would think.
> 
>> The existing explanatory text can stand as is, but they would now have
>> a section for readers to find.
>>
>> Or should I just drop this?
> 
> I like the approach to separate them into clearly marked sections.
> I primarily was reacting to the "single-sided" which nobody would
> understand.
> --

Thanks, I'll update the patches (probably tomorrow)
Philip