Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] slirp: Fix spelling in comment (enought -> enough, insure -> ensure)

[Eric Blake]

On 09/27/2012 12:57 PM, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
> ---
> 
> As a non native speaker, I feel that 'ensure' is better here than 'insure'.
> Could a native speaker please confirm that?

As a US speaker, I've seen both words used interchangeably.  I also
checked dictionary.com, where both words imply a guarantee, but 'insure'
has a connotation of a guarantee against loss (think insurance policy)
while 'ensure' tends to be used in most other situations.  That is, I am
in favor of this spelling change for connotation reasons.  But as Peter
pointed out, the sentence has more problems than just a spelling choice.

> - * For the error advice packets must first insure that the
> - * packet is large enought to contain the returned ip header.
> + * For the error advice packets must first ensure that the
> + * packet is large enough to contain the returned ip header.
>   * Only then can we do the check to see if 64 bits of packet
>   * data have been returned, since we need to check the returned
>   * ip header length.
> 

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