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Doc Bug #36120 Inappropriate abbreviation for stat() page
Submitted: 2006-01-22 02:51 UTC Modified: 2006-01-22 12:05 UTC
From: a at b dot c dot de Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-01-22 02:51 UTC] a at b dot c dot de 
Description:
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The comment at the bottom of Table 1 on the stat() manual page reads
"* - only valid on systems supporting the st_blksize type--other systems (i.e. Windows) return -1."

As written it says that Windows is the _only_ system that doesn't have st_blksize. If Windows was only supposed to be an example of such a system, the abbreviation should be "e.g." (exempli gratia - offered as an example), not "i.e." (id est - that is).

So, _is_ Windows the only system that doesn't have a blk_size type, or was that only intended as an EGsample?

Okay, so it's a pet peeve of mine, but it does change the meaning of what is written. Ranks up there with confusion between "its" and "it's".

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 [2006-01-22 12:05 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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