Update ch03-03-how-functions-work.md: Pervasive -> Prevalent. #2796
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Pervasive has a negative connotation to it and this makes it sound like the book is suggesting we don't want to write functions - which isn't something we want to say! A better word, without the negative connotation would be "prevalent".
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I and Merriam-Webster disagree that pervasive is always negative, but I also don't mind prevalent :) Thanks!
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Update books ## nomicon 1 commits in 7a13537f96af4b9b8e3ea296d6e5c3c7ab72ce9f..f51734eb5566c826b471977747ea3d7d6915bbe9 2021-07-05 23:34:47 -0400 to 2021-07-23 18:24:35 +0900 - Add cloning example for dot operator behaviour (rust-lang/nomicon#292) ## reference 3 commits in 82d75cf423e4a7824fb36e73ccb18519d6900610..3b7be075af5d6e402a18efff672a8a265b4596fd 2021-07-15 06:49:08 -0700 to 2021-07-26 13:20:11 -0700 - Fix typos + grammar (rust-lang/reference#1037) - Expand on Unicode identifiers. (rust-lang/reference#1022) - Remove incorrect apostrophe (rust-lang/reference#1076) ## book 17 commits in eac55314210519238652f12b30fec9daea61f7fe..a07036f864b37896b31eb996cd7aedb489f69a1f 2021-07-19 11:08:01 -0400 to 2021-07-26 20:19:46 -0400 - Set expectations a bit more realistically - Snapshot of chapter 4 for nostarch - A few small wording tweaks in ch 4 - Clarify that it's not stack/heap exactly that matters for copy/non copy, fixes rust-lang/book#2799 - Clarify a detail around move. Fixes rust-lang/book#2413. - Clarify places that changed because of NLL. Fixes rust-lang/book#1939. - nostarch ch3 - Small edits to chapter 3 - (rust-lang/book#2797) - Update ch03-03-how-functions-work.md: Pervasive -> Prevalent. (rust-lang/book#2796) - Address loop labels and continue. Fixes rust-lang/book#1392. - Clarify behavior of integer division. Fixes rust-lang/book#2248. - Demonstrate how scope interacts with shadowing - Add another cross-reference to the new unit type introduction - Introduce the unit type with tuples. Fixes rust-lang/book#1933. - Reword sentence to not have numbers separated only by a comma - Link directly to other installation page. Fixes rust-lang/book#1609 ## rust-by-example 1 commits in 1db6bb483cc87ad3b424d9aba764fe622960a1be..0dc9cd4e89f00cb5230f120e1a083916386e422b 2021-07-15 06:17:42 -0300 to 2021-07-23 09:14:27 -0300 - Grammatical mistake: Comparison as ... as the (rust-lang/rust-by-example#1453) ## rustc-dev-guide 2 commits in 93422c21baca585dc88357ec886a48f6ddc7d665..09343d6f921d2a07c66f8c41ec3d65bf1fa52556 2021-07-13 12:45:58 -0400 to 2021-07-26 00:37:28 +0200 - Fix typo in building/bootstrapping.md (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1175) - Link directly to stabilization report comments (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1173) ## edition-guide 4 commits in af696ce8ea526445590ae0ca66a8128d2a95a69a..3710b0cae783d0bcd2b42452a63b081473f5970a 2021-07-20 11:38:03 -0400 to 2021-07-26 11:34:46 -0700 - Add more consistent headings and add a migration section to reserving-syntax (rust-lang/edition-guide#263) - reserving-syntax.md: Expand and add detail (rust-lang/edition-guide#249) - Fix typo in or-patterns section (rust-lang/edition-guide#262) - Fix typo (rust-lang/edition-guide#261)
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Update books ## nomicon 1 commits in 7a13537f96af4b9b8e3ea296d6e5c3c7ab72ce9f..f51734eb5566c826b471977747ea3d7d6915bbe9 2021-07-05 23:34:47 -0400 to 2021-07-23 18:24:35 +0900 - Add cloning example for dot operator behaviour (rust-lang/nomicon#292) ## reference 3 commits in 82d75cf423e4a7824fb36e73ccb18519d6900610..3b7be075af5d6e402a18efff672a8a265b4596fd 2021-07-15 06:49:08 -0700 to 2021-07-26 13:20:11 -0700 - Fix typos + grammar (rust-lang/reference#1037) - Expand on Unicode identifiers. (rust-lang/reference#1022) - Remove incorrect apostrophe (rust-lang/reference#1076) ## book 17 commits in eac55314210519238652f12b30fec9daea61f7fe..a07036f864b37896b31eb996cd7aedb489f69a1f 2021-07-19 11:08:01 -0400 to 2021-07-26 20:19:46 -0400 - Set expectations a bit more realistically - Snapshot of chapter 4 for nostarch - A few small wording tweaks in ch 4 - Clarify that it's not stack/heap exactly that matters for copy/non copy, fixes rust-lang/book#2799 - Clarify a detail around move. Fixes rust-lang/book#2413. - Clarify places that changed because of NLL. Fixes rust-lang/book#1939. - nostarch ch3 - Small edits to chapter 3 - (rust-lang/book#2797) - Update ch03-03-how-functions-work.md: Pervasive -> Prevalent. (rust-lang/book#2796) - Address loop labels and continue. Fixes rust-lang/book#1392. - Clarify behavior of integer division. Fixes rust-lang/book#2248. - Demonstrate how scope interacts with shadowing - Add another cross-reference to the new unit type introduction - Introduce the unit type with tuples. Fixes rust-lang/book#1933. - Reword sentence to not have numbers separated only by a comma - Link directly to other installation page. Fixes rust-lang/book#1609 ## rust-by-example 1 commits in 1db6bb483cc87ad3b424d9aba764fe622960a1be..0dc9cd4e89f00cb5230f120e1a083916386e422b 2021-07-15 06:17:42 -0300 to 2021-07-23 09:14:27 -0300 - Grammatical mistake: Comparison as ... as the (rust-lang/rust-by-example#1453) ## rustc-dev-guide 2 commits in 93422c21baca585dc88357ec886a48f6ddc7d665..09343d6f921d2a07c66f8c41ec3d65bf1fa52556 2021-07-13 12:45:58 -0400 to 2021-07-26 00:37:28 +0200 - Fix typo in building/bootstrapping.md (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1175) - Link directly to stabilization report comments (rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide#1173) ## edition-guide 4 commits in af696ce8ea526445590ae0ca66a8128d2a95a69a..3710b0cae783d0bcd2b42452a63b081473f5970a 2021-07-20 11:38:03 -0400 to 2021-07-26 11:34:46 -0700 - Add more consistent headings and add a migration section to reserving-syntax (rust-lang/edition-guide#263) - reserving-syntax.md: Expand and add detail (rust-lang/edition-guide#249) - Fix typo in or-patterns section (rust-lang/edition-guide#262) - Fix typo (rust-lang/edition-guide#261)
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Pervasive has a negative connotation to it and this makes it sound like the book is suggesting we don't want to write functions - which isn't something we want to say!
A better word, without the negative connotation would be "prevalent".