From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:45:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/14] packfile: introduce function to iterate through objects
Message-ID: <aXOzp4ivyYgPLux4@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq343wjo2v.fsf@gitster.g>

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 08:22:48AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> > > 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".)
>
> Heh, "equivalent" is "Y is an equivalent of X" is a noun.  It is
> adjective in "A is equivalent to B".  Of course, article is used
> only with the former (i.e. noun) form, but article is not the
> essential difference, parts of speech is.

An alternative suggestion would be s/the //, making this read:

    This function is equivalent to `odb_source_loose_for_each_object()`
    in that it [...]

Thanks,
Taylor