From 871b4612b07c37a853240228779dc16a64a51227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gannon McGibbon Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:52:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [ruby/matrix] Replace "iff" with "whether" [doc] iff means if and only if, but readers without that knowledge might assume this to be a spelling mistake. To me, this seems like exclusionary language that is unnecessary. Simply using "whether" when describing return values should suffice. --- lib/matrix.rb | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/matrix.rb b/lib/matrix.rb index 0a17678972..298269a516 100644 --- a/lib/matrix.rb +++ b/lib/matrix.rb @@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ class Matrix #++ # - # Returns +true+ if and only if the two matrices contain equal elements. + # Returns whether the two matrices contain equal elements. # def ==(other) return false unless Matrix === other && @@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ class Vector #++ # - # Returns +true+ iff all of vectors are linearly independent. + # Returns whether all of vectors are linearly independent. # # Vector.independent?(Vector[1,0], Vector[0,1]) # # => true @@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ class Vector end # - # Returns +true+ iff all of vectors are linearly independent. + # Returns whether all of vectors are linearly independent. # # Vector[1,0].independent?(Vector[0,1]) # # => true @@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ class Vector end # - # Returns +true+ iff all elements are zero. + # Returns whether all elements are zero. # def zero? all?(&:zero?) @@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ class Vector #++ # - # Returns +true+ iff the two vectors have the same elements in the same order. + # Returns whether the two vectors have the same elements in the same order. # def ==(other) return false unless Vector === other