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This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

Ref: #7868

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Trott commented Nov 25, 2016

The variable names in the doc match those in the implementation in lib/fs.js. If we're going to change variable names in the doc, we probably should change them in the implementation as well.

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This caused ambiguity in the meaning, wherein length is traditionally used to denote index length of a data structure. Therefore, this commit rewords length to size, which is a clearer reference for its usage.

I have trouble parsing your sentence, what is the "index length of a data structure"?

I see length and size pretty much as synonyms.

Use in node is consistent with Javascript, I believe: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=length&topic=api&topic=css&topic=html&topic=js&topic=apps&topic=webdev shows length is used as we use it, length also seems to be the preffered word in V8. length also seems common in python, size is arguably more common in C (but the last two aren't really relevant to node.js).

I think the length to size rename is code churn that doesn't materially improve the code or docs. It also changes the tags, so breaks any links from other pages in the API docs and guides.

Your other textual changes look good.

EDIT: I moved conversation back to the source issue #7868 (comment)

@jalafel jalafel force-pushed the issue#7868 branch 4 times, most recently from dcad495 to f031f14 Compare November 27, 2016 05:43
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
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This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

Ref: nodejs#7868
@jalafel jalafel changed the title doc: clarifying variables in fs.write() and fs.read() doc: clarifying variables in fs.write() Nov 28, 2016
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
762f260 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: #9792
Ref: #7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
italoacasas pushed a commit to italoacasas/node that referenced this pull request Jan 18, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
c7b631e 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: nodejs#9792
Ref: nodejs#7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
italoacasas pushed a commit to italoacasas/node that referenced this pull request Jan 23, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
788ae24 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: nodejs#9792
Ref: nodejs#7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
italoacasas pushed a commit to italoacasas/node that referenced this pull request Jan 24, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
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This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: nodejs#9792
Ref: nodejs#7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
520b1f7 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: nodejs#9792
Ref: nodejs#7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
@italoacasas italoacasas mentioned this pull request Jan 29, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
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This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: #9792
Ref: #7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 7, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
3272eec 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: #9792
Ref: #7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 9, 2017
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
787d4ec 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: #9792
Ref: #7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
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doc: clarifying variables in fs.write()
6d0e162 
This commit clarifies variables in the Filesystem docs.
Prior, the documentation for fs.write() had an ambiguous
remark on the parameters of offset and length.

Therefore, this commit makes explicit that the length parameter
in fs.write() is used to denote the number of bytes, which is
a clearer reference for its usage.

PR-URL: #9792
Ref: #7868
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
@MylesBorins MylesBorins mentioned this pull request Mar 9, 2017
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