testresources

OptimisingTestSuite easy to misspell

Bug #530552 reported by Jonathan Lange
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Bug Description

The OED spells it as "optimizing", and "optimizing" is the only acceptable spelling in the US. Spelling it as "optimising" forces a pause whenever writing the word out and adds another API quirk for those of us who are used to working with libraries that use US spelling.

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 530552] [NEW] OptimisingTestSuite easy to misspell

 status triaged
 importance wishlist
 done

I'm fine with adding an alias with a z.

I don't find 'but the US spells things differently' to be a compelling
argument for situations like this. We're not American.

I don't think I've spelt it in years though, ctrl-n being what it is.

-Rob

Changed in testresources:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote :

Oh, and I'm ok with changing it to be z by default with the docs saying
z, and an alias of s.

I'm not ok with breaking a lot of folks code over a spelling
disagreement though.

-Rob

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