[Development] Avoid overloading of 'error'

[Smith Martin]

"err" is the verb. To err is human. onErr: to forgive is divine.

martin

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From: development-bounces+martin.smith=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org <development-bounces+martin.smith=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org> on behalf of Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:55 PM
To: development at qt-project.org
Subject: Re: [Development] Avoid overloading of 'error'

On Sunday 14 June 2015 15:35:37 Lorn Potter wrote:
> On 14/06/2015 1:01 pm, Alan Alpert wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Lorn Potter <lorn.potter at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> On 11/06/2015 12:36 am, Samuel Gaist wrote:
> >>> failed doesn't always mean there was an error with a direct relation.
> >>
> >> I was going to say this, but you beat me to it.
> >> Also, "errored" is just wrong, "error" is also past tense.
> >
> > I consulted a linguist. She said that if you wanted to use error as a
> > verb (it's not normally one), errored would be the past tense. But
> > that it's probably not the best choice of word.
>
> She's wrong. 'errored' is not even in the American English or the Oxford
> English dictionaries.
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestions/errored
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=errored

They don't seem to be listing "error" as a verb. Wiktionary has it:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/error#Verb

But the point is that there is contention on the issue, so we shouldn't use
"error" as a verb.
--
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center

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