XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: paul@lucasmail.org   
      
   On 12/9/25 12:38 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-09, Paul J. Lucas  wrote:   
   >> On 10/26/25 3:36 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   >>> (I'm not entirely pleased that the newer version expands "char" to   
   >>> "character" and, worse, "int" to "integer", but I can live with it.)   
   >>   
   >> Hence the --no-english-types or -T command line option or the   
   >> "set noenglish" command (from within cdecl or a config file).   
   >   
   > The problem is that the English words chosen already have a meaning.   
   >   
   > "Integer" is a type category in C;   
      
   It's not a keyword, so that's irrelevant.  Likewise, "Character."   
      
   >> The thought was that those newer to C and less familiar with its   
   >> types might benefit from more elaborate output.   
   >   
   > This kind of thing just ensures that newbies go sideways from being   
   > less familiar to being incorrectly familiar.   
      
   Opinion noted.  I disagree.   
      
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