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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I think people often spend too much time trying to find offensive meaning in things rather than doing useful things.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>BTW if I happen to throw in a regression test (which I was planning to cause it was truly a bug)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3530<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Of the form<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>SELECT pprint_addy(addy), ST_AsText(ST_SnapToGrid(geomout,0.001)), rating <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>FROM geocode_intersection('Cumming St', 'Seaman Ave', 'NY');<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Is someone going to pull me aside and read me the riot act?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> postgis-users [mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Cole<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 16, 2016 5:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [postgis-users] [GENERAL] $foo $bar is BAD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Huh? Seriously?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><br>On Friday, April 15, 2016, Peter Devoy <<a href="mailto:peter@3xe.co.uk">peter@3xe.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On 16 Apr 2016 3:21 am, "Andrew Sullivan" <<a href="javascript:;">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> For whatever it's worth, given the CoC discussions I didn't find that<br>> especially funny (or offensive or anything), but I did think it the<br>> sort of thing that could annoy people already sensitive to this sort<br>> of thing.<br>><br>> A<br>><br>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 03:00:59AM +0100, Peter Devoy wrote:<br>> > > Although people commonly use $foo $bar in examples, it is actually a misuse of a VERY rude acronym.<br>> ><br>> > > The next time you need to make an example, please try being a little more original (or meaningful) with your variable names.<br>> ><br>> > In light of recent CoC decisions, I would like to propose the<br>> > opposite. I think more expletives would<br>> > diversify the language of the documentation and lower the barriers to<br>> > contribution by individuals more<br>> > dispositioned to use colourful language due to their cultural and/or<br>> > socioeconomic background. O:-)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (<a href="javascript:;">pgsql-general@postgresql.org</a>)<br>> > To make changes to your subscription:<br>> > <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general" target="_blank">http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Andrew Sullivan<br>> <a href="javascript:;">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a><br><br><br>I shall note that it's still too sore a topic for list humour. I hope<br>that anyone I may have annoyed<br>can seek comfort in the fact that I am an egalitarian and, by<br>extension, if I have accidentally<br>annoyed anyone, it is my sincere hope that I have annoyed everyone else equally!<br><br>And with that in mind, I was half serious about my point RE: the docs,<br>albeit an absurd one. The<br>subtext was that, to me, it seems that an argument for removing 'rude'<br>words should hold as much<br>weight as one for introducing them or doing nothing at all.<br><br>Best wishes<br><br><br>Peter<br>_______________________________________________<br>postgis-users mailing list<br><a href="javascript:;">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Signed,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Corporate whipping boy.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>