Re: [PATCH v3 06/14] packfile: introduce function to iterate through objects

From: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2026, 09:52 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPx1Gvd6BGPeVmN5b7WM_r6OFf7Y6KooJ2O1jT5O6LzNzGuEEw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <aXNCjT6Al-4YLah5@pks.im>

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 07:06:09PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 01:50:22PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > > Introduce a new function `packfile_store_for_each_object()`. This
> > > function is the equivalent to `odb_source_loose_for_each_object()` in
> >
> > s/to/of/ ?
>
> Hm, isn't "to" correct in this case? The remainder of the sentence reads
> weird though.

Different English dialects. The preposition after "different" differs...

(It also matters whether you use the definite article, "the function F1 is THE equivalent of F2 in case X" vs "function F1 is equivalent to F2 in case X".)

Indian English uses "a doubt" to mean "a question", which always drives me up the (a?) wall, but then there are languages without articles (Chinese and Russian for instance)...

Chris