[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] more small directional cleanups

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:17:31PM +0200, Erik Sigra wrote:
> tisdagen den 21 augusti 2001 22:05 skrev Raimar Falke:
> > I still think that "ensure_normalized_position" is a good name. It is
> > the most intuitive for me.
> 
> I disagree because like several other people have said with different words:
> 
> That something is "normal" means that it is represented in conventional form.
> 
> That something is "normalized" means that it has undergone the process of 
> normalization.
> 
> The confusion here is that something can be normal but not normalized, if it 
> was represented in conventional form from the beginning and has not undergone 
> the process of normalization.

What if (by definition) an object is unmoral at the creation and has
to be normalized to be used?

        Raimar

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