On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais
<ioguix@free.fr> wrote:
> On 14/06/2010 14:08, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Jehan-Guillaume (ioguix) de Rorthais
>> <ioguix@free.fr> wrote:
>>> While translating the plperl page from the manual, I found the following
>>> sentence:
>>>
>>> The <varname>%_SHARED</varname> variable and other global state within
>>> the language is public data.
>>>
>>> Should it be :
>>>
>>> The <varname>%_SHARED</varname> variable and other global variables
>>> within the language are public data.
>>>
>>> ?
>>
>> "State" is a more general term, which would include any information
>> that is globally accessible from within the interpreter, not just
>> what's stored in variables. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure if
>> there is anything like that, but I wouldn't bet on there not being
>> any...
>
> Ok, so shouldn't it be
>
> "The <varname>%_SHARED</varname> variable and other global state(s?)
> within the language *are* public data"
>
> ?
It seems correct to me as-is, but I just work here.
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