Bug#865055: lintian: Falsly claims that "iff" is a spelling error
Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> writes:
> Lintian argues about the word "iff":
> I: lynx: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/lynx iff if
> But "iff" is a valid English word:
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iff
> It's probably no common word, but still a valid word and should not be
> reported as spelling error.
+1. I use iff all the time. I think it's common for people with a math
background.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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