RE: [PHP-DOC] typo in the docs

> -----Original Message----- > From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:gabor@hojtsy.hu] > Sent: 21 March 2003 16:38 > To: phpdoc@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DOC] typo in the docs > > > An excerpt from a mail we received at webmaster@php.net. As > you can see, > Thomas spent significant time researching what the two words > mean, and > what is appropriate here... Can someone please correct this ;) > > Goba > > [...] > > Thirdly, This is a big one for me. I made an errata > observation in > my early visits to the site but figured it would be noticed > soon. Now it > has been quite some time and I realized that the longer I > procrastinated, the more difficult the task of correcting it > could be. > The errata I found is the word 'DEPRECATED', (meaning > archaic, to pray > against, express disapproval of, play down and belittle). I am of the > mind that you are confusing this with 'DEPRECIATED' (meaning > to fall in > value, lower in estimation or esteem), which is very > similarly spelled. > They're meanings are in some form similar, but I believe in the this > case depreciate is the correct word. I have included below some > cut-n-pastes from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary > (http://www.m-w.com/) for you to peruse. Nope, deprecate is the right one -- it has been used for many years in many standards documents (ANSI, ISO, and others). It indicates that a certain usage is now disapproved of (see meaning 2 of deprecate, below), not that its value has in any way changed. (I get hugely irritated when people misuse depreciated in this context...!) > > --DEPRECATE-- > Main Entry: dep·re·cate > Pronunciation: 'de-pri-"kAt > Function: transitive verb > Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing > Etymology: Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari to avert by > prayer, from de- + precari to pray -- more at PRAY > Date: 1628 > 1 a archaic : to pray against (as an evil) b : to seek to avert > <deprecate the wrath ... of the Roman people -- Tobias Smollett> > 2 : to express disapproval of > 3 a : PLAY DOWN : make little of <speaks five languages ... but > deprecates this facility -- Time> b : BELITTLE, DISPARAGE <the most > reluctantly admired and least easily deprecated of ... > novelists -- New > Yorker> > > > > --DEPRECIATED-- > Main Entry: de·pre·ci·ate > Pronunciation: di-'prE-shE-"At > Function: verb > Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing > Etymology: Late Latin depretiatus, past participle of > depretiare, from > Latin de- + pretium price -- more at PRICE > Date: 15th century > transitive senses > 1 : to lower in estimation or esteem > 2 : to lower the price or estimated value of > intransitive senses : to fall in value > synonym see DECRY Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211