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I've noticed that the docs sometimes use the verb "spell" in an interesting way, e.g. "IN GROUP is an obsolete spelling of IN ROLE."
by khy 5y ago
I've noticed that the docs sometimes use the verb "spell" in an interesting way, e.g. "IN GROUP is an obsolete spelling of IN ROLE."
- sundarurfriend 5y agoI think that usage is a little bit more common eg., I believe I've seen it in Perl docs, and in rare StackOverflow answers.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- darrenf 5y agoThat’s “spelling” the noun, not a verb.
- warrenm 5y agoAnd here I thought `"spelling" the noun` was a reference to either Tori or Aaron
- warrenm 5y agoapparently no one here watches TV
- hunter2_ 5y agoThe verb form is where the atypical usage originates, so I think it's fair to focus on the verb as the point of interest despite including an example that happens to be a gerund. Anyway, I think there's an even larger set that "spell" is a member of: metaphorical usage to highlight anything unwanted or erroneous; "code smell" is another. It's wrong, therefore it smells. It's wrong, therefore it's misspelled. It's wrong, therefore it wants to be different (personification metaphor).
- _moof 5y agoTrue, but to be fair it's the gerund formed from the verb.
- closeparen 5y agoI’ve heard this before, e.g. Go’s “while” loop is spelled “for”
- jacobmischka 5y agoYeah I have as well, I think it's both to be cute and to signify that they're equivalent."'IN GROUP' is an obsolete version of 'IN ROLE'" might mean that it was a subset of the latter with different behavior.