2011-04-09 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+ maint: change "can not" to "cannot"
+ But do not change the occurrences in maintain.texi or in
+ build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in, which I presume comes from gettext.
+ * doc/gnulib-tool.texi: s/can not/cannot/
+ * doc/posix-functions/accept.texi (accept): Likewise.
+ * doc/posix-functions/socket.texi (socket): Likewise.
+ * lib/mbrtowc.c: Likewise.
+
maint.mk: prohibit use of "can not"
* top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_can_not): New rule.
Writing "can not" (rather than "cannot") is too common. Prohibit it.
@samp{_GNU_SOURCE} may be ineffective, or may have only a limited
effect, if defined after the first system header file is included.
-Finally, note that you can not use @code{AC_LIBOBJ} or
+Finally, note that you cannot use @code{AC_LIBOBJ} or
@code{AC_REPLACE_FUNCS} in your @file{configure.ac} and expect the
resulting object files to be automatically added to @file{lib/libgnu.a}.
This is because your @code{AC_LIBOBJ} and @code{AC_REPLACE_FUNCS} invocations
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by
-the @code{accept} function can not be used in calls to @code{read},
+the @code{accept} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
@code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@item
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function can not be used
+On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function cannot be used
in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@item
@itemize
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by
-the @code{socket} function can not be used in calls to @code{read},
+the @code{socket} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
@code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@item
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function can not be used
+On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function cannot be used
in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@end itemize
{
static mbstate_t internal_state;
- /* Override mbrtowc's internal state. We can not call mbsinit() on the
+ /* Override mbrtowc's internal state. We cannot call mbsinit() on the
hidden internal state, but we can call it on our variable. */
if (ps == NULL)
ps = &internal_state;