It's elitist mathematical jargon. In all cases dealt with here, it adds
no additional meaning compared to "if", beyond what was already obvious
from context. Thus, its only purpose is to smugly demonstrate that the
author attended their second-year mathematics classes, at the expense of
causing confusion for everyone who doesn't have such a background.
If you really think you need to convey extra information beyond what
"if" gives you, the English language contains plenty of devices for doing
so, without resorting to neologisms.
Change-Id: Iae21095d02ec2935c10e94f532235c2671c115b1
*
* @param $timestamp string
*
*
* @param $timestamp string
*
- * @return Boolean: true iff cache-ok headers was sent.
+ * @return Boolean: true if cache-ok headers was sent.
*/
public function checkLastModified( $timestamp ) {
global $wgCachePages, $wgCacheEpoch, $wgUseSquid, $wgSquidMaxage;
*/
public function checkLastModified( $timestamp ) {
global $wgCachePages, $wgCacheEpoch, $wgUseSquid, $wgSquidMaxage;
- * Returns true iff this page's content model supports sections.
+ * Returns true if this page's content model supports sections.
*
* @return boolean whether sections are supported.
*
*
* @return boolean whether sections are supported.
*
*
* @param string $title Message cache key with initial uppercase letter.
* @param string $code Code denoting the language to try.
*
* @param string $title Message cache key with initial uppercase letter.
* @param string $code Code denoting the language to try.
- * @return string|bool The message, or false iff it does not exist or on error
+ * @return string|bool The message, or false if it does not exist or on error
*/
function getMsgFromNamespace( $title, $code ) {
$this->load( $code );
*/
function getMsgFromNamespace( $title, $code ) {
$this->load( $code );
/**
* Check for empty diff.
*
/**
* Check for empty diff.
*
- * @return bool True iff two sequences were identical.
+ * @return bool True if two sequences were identical.
*/
function isEmpty() {
foreach ( $this->edits as $edit ) {
*/
function isEmpty() {
foreach ( $this->edits as $edit ) {
/**
* precheckDestExistence() helper function to get the source file SHA-1.
/**
* precheckDestExistence() helper function to get the source file SHA-1.
- * Subclasses should overwride this iff the source is not in storage.
+ * Subclasses should overwride this if the source is not in storage.
*
* @return string|bool Returns false on failure
*/
*
* @return string|bool Returns false on failure
*/
$pref = $parser->getOptions()->getDateFormat();
// Specify a different default date format other than the the normal default
$pref = $parser->getOptions()->getDateFormat();
// Specify a different default date format other than the the normal default
- // iff the user has 'default' for their setting
+ // if the user has 'default' for their setting
if ( $pref == 'default' && $defaultPref ) {
$pref = $defaultPref;
}
if ( $pref == 'default' && $defaultPref ) {
$pref = $defaultPref;
}
* and clear out the output buffer. If the client cache is too old then do nothing.
* @param $context ResourceLoaderContext
* @param string $mtime The TS_MW timestamp to check the header against
* and clear out the output buffer. If the client cache is too old then do nothing.
* @param $context ResourceLoaderContext
* @param string $mtime The TS_MW timestamp to check the header against
- * @return bool True iff 304 header sent and output handled
+ * @return bool True if 304 header sent and output handled
*/
protected function tryRespondLastModified( ResourceLoaderContext $context, $mtime ) {
// If there's an If-Modified-Since header, respond with a 304 appropriately
*/
protected function tryRespondLastModified( ResourceLoaderContext $context, $mtime ) {
// If there's an If-Modified-Since header, respond with a 304 appropriately
- * Returns true iff the given namespace defaults to Wikitext
+ * Returns true if the given namespace defaults to Wikitext
* according to $wgNamespaceContentModels
*
* @param int $ns The namespace ID to check
* according to $wgNamespaceContentModels
*
* @param int $ns The namespace ID to check
* @param $name string: name of the closing element to look for
* (e.g.: "mediawiki" when looking for </mediawiki>)
*
* @param $name string: name of the closing element to look for
* (e.g.: "mediawiki" when looking for </mediawiki>)
*
- * @return bool: true iff the end node could be found. false otherwise.
+ * @return bool: true if the end node could be found. false otherwise.
*/
protected function skipToNodeEnd( $name ) {
while ( $this->xml->read() ) {
*/
protected function skipToNodeEnd( $name ) {
while ( $this->xml->read() ) {
- * shutdownSimulated === true iff simulateShutdown has done it's work
+ * shutdownSimulated === true if simulateShutdown has done it's work