changeset 78495:2405271364e8

(Glossary): Deprecate `iff'.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:40:33 +0000
parents 277460ceef6c
children 8c978e2792de
files man/glossary.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/glossary.texi	Wed Aug 08 07:40:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/man/glossary.texi	Wed Aug 08 07:40:33 2007 +0000
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@
 
 @item Iff
 ``Iff'' means ``if and only if.''  This terminology comes from
-mathematics.
+mathematics.  Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
+many are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo.
 
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