Re: Commenting on user notes

On 25 April 2014 12:55, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > According to > <http://www.php.net/manual/add-note.php#whatnottoenter> it > is frowned upon to comment on existing user notes. So, what to do when > a note is *partially* out-dated, but otherwise fine? Certainly, > downvoting would not be sensible in this case. > Provide another note with what you want to add, just be sure not to refer directly to the other note. The reason being that the note might disappear at some point in the future and any references to it would not make sense. Even better, if you're willing, you can update the documentation proper [1] to incorporate useful information from both notes! [1] https://edit.php.net/?project=PHP&perm=en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php > For instance, there is > > <http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php#54805>, > but the behavior described in item 3 has changed with PCRE 7.3 > 2007-08-28 (see <http://3v4l.org/EO4pM> and > <http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt>, item 15). > > -- > Christoph M. Becker > > -- > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >