#10377: Remove double negative of ("Unregisterised", "NO") -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: erikd | Owner: erikd Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by rwbarton): In general I don't like making changes like this because the established terminology is found in documentation/papers/blog posts/StackOverflow answers and changing the terminology effectively reduces the value of all those resources. The term "Registered" in particular is not good since it already has a much more common meaning in the context of software. We don't want people thinking they have to register their copy of GHC! Personally I don't find `("Unregisterised", "NO")` confusing; I'm not sure why, but I think it might be because registerised is the "default", so unregisterised sticks out as a "positive", unusual property, despite the etymology. Consider also that unregisterised builds are enabled by `--enable-unregisterised`, we don't talk about disabling registerised- ness. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10377#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler