Re: [PATCH 2/4] *: use singular they in comments

From: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2021, 17:36 UTC
Message-ID: <YL+qkVXGMzg8S9gp@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <b36e3f99716bf3976fc886df684c300e17566c79.1623085069.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 04:57:46PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> Several comments in our code refer to an anonymous user with "he/him" or
> "she/her" pronouns, and the choice between the two is arbitrary.
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> Replace these uses with "they/them" which universally includes all
> potential readers.

Thanks. I'm especially glad to see the codebase start to unify instead of awkwardly choosing between "he", "she", "he or she", or even "(s)he". This seems a lot neater.

Reviewed-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>

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