[Rd] Small typo in list.Rd

[Gregor Gorjanc]

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> Gregor Gorjanc wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> There is a tiny typo in list.Rd.
>>
>> Index: R/src/library/base/man/list.Rd
>> ===================================================================
>> --- ../man/list.Rd      (revision 38909)
>> +++ ../man/list.Rd      (working copy)
>> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
>>    inconsistent with functions such as \code{\link{as.character}}, and is
>>    for efficiency since lists can be expensive to copy.)
>>
>> -  \code{is.list} returns \code{TRUE} iff its argument
>> +  \code{is.list} returns \code{TRUE} if its argument
>>
> 
> Those are not typo's - (there are two "iff"'s in that paragraph).
> "iff" is a short-hand for "if and only if", in some culture.

OK, I did not know that and I appologize for making noise on the list
for this. However, I wonder how many people know this? It is fine to
have some short-hands (as IMHO, RTFM, etc. in e-mails), but these can be
an obstacle for exact understanding of the documentation, specially for
non-english users.

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Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc

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