[libvirt] [PATCH] docs: fix typos in libvirt.h.in

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon Dec 2 17:05:09 UTC 2013


On 11/28/2013 07:03 AM, Nehal J Wani wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Chen Hanxiao
> <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
>>

>>  /**
>>   * virDomainEventDefinedDetailType:
>>   *
>> - * Details on the caused of the 'defined' lifecycle event
>> + * Details on the cause of the 'defined' lifecycle event
>>   */
>> 1.8.2.1
>>
> 
> I am no English expert, but would like to ask, if a particular event
> can take place due to multiple reasons, shouldn't it be :
> "Details on the causes of the 'defined' lifecycle event"
> I think the original author made a typo by typing 'd' instead of 's'
> (very close on keyboard), i.e., s/caused/causes

Causes would make sense if you could have a plurality of causes
triggering a single event.  But we don't.  Each event has exactly one
cause.  The patch is correct as-is, so I'll apply it soon.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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