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Re: Capitalizing 'Dwarf' in bfd/dwarf2.c

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
To: Philipp Thomas <pthomas at suse dot de>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: 30 Jan 2002 10:17:01 +0000
Subject: Re: Capitalizing 'Dwarf' in bfd/dwarf2.c
References: <20020128154813.L1820@jeffreys.suse.de>

Hi Philipp,

> bfd/dwarf2.c prefixes errors with 'Dwarf Error' and I'm wondering if
> it might be stylistically better to capitalize it, i.e. use 'DWARF
> Error'.
> Comments?

I think that might not be such a good idea.  Capitalization like that
is normally interpreted as emphasis, so it would appear that bfd is
shouting about a dwarf error, when really it is no more significant
than any other kind of error.

Cheers
        Nick

References:
- Capitalizing 'Dwarf' in bfd/dwarf2.c
  - From: Philipp Thomas

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