Re: [PATCH RFC 00/15] Zero ****s, hugload of hugs <3

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

(reducing CC, as per later advice)

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 8:40 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:27 AM Jarkko Sakkinen
> <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In order to comply with the CoC, replace **** with a hug.
>
> Heh. I support the replacement of the stronger language, but I find
> "hug", "hugged", and "hugging" to be very weird replacements. Can we
> bikeshed this to "heck", "hecked", and "hecking" (or "heckin" to
> follow true Doggo meme style).
>
> "This API is hugged" doesn't make any sense to me. "This API is
> hecked" is better, or at least funnier (to me). "Hug this interface"
> similarly makes no sense, but "Heck this interface" seems better.
> "Don't touch my hecking code", "What the heck were they thinking?"
> etc... "hug" is odd.

As a non-native speaker, I find both replacements difficult to understand.
While many of the original comments are easy to grasp for +7 year olds
who were never taught English, but are exposed to modern global ways
of communication...

> Better yet, since it's only 17 files, how about doing context-specific
> changes? "This API is terrible", "Hateful interface", "Don't touch my
> freakin' code", "What in the world were they thinking?" etc?

The last one is not appropriate, as it's shooting at the person, not at the
code (cfr. "You did a bad thing" vs. "you're a bad kid").

If the comments no longer apply, it's better to remove them.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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