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authorRichard Eisenberg <rae@richarde.dev>2020-10-28 17:51:42 -0400
committerRichard Eisenberg <rae@richarde.dev>2020-10-28 17:51:42 -0400
commitb0fbfd3100ca36abcb1c854dea92722fc45f5328 (patch)
tree6532da06fe8b329c64f48c8c0fe1c9e419ca3d0f /compiler/GHC/Utils/Outputable.hs
parent28f98b01d055c8027f9495b1669bf875b3e42168 (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/neuter.tar.gz
Remove unnecessary gender from comments/docswip/neuter
While, say, alternating "he" and "she" in sequential writing may be nicer than always using "they", reading code/documentation is almost never sequential. If this small change makes individuals feel more welcome in GHC's codebase, that's a good thing.
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diff --git a/compiler/GHC/Utils/Outputable.hs b/compiler/GHC/Utils/Outputable.hs
index ea9c8daecd..92e318c07d 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/Utils/Outputable.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/Utils/Outputable.hs
@@ -1287,8 +1287,8 @@ speakNth n = hcat [ int n, text suffix ]
-- > speakN 5 = text "five"
-- > speakN 10 = text "10"
speakN :: Int -> SDoc
-speakN 0 = text "none" -- E.g. "he has none"
-speakN 1 = text "one" -- E.g. "he has one"
+speakN 0 = text "none" -- E.g. "they have none"
+speakN 1 = text "one" -- E.g. "they have one"
speakN 2 = text "two"
speakN 3 = text "three"
speakN 4 = text "four"