Proper term for non-automatic modules

Nicolai Parlog nipa at codefx.org
Tue Aug 29 09:23:00 UTC 2017


 Hi Sander,

I keep calling them "proper" as well, but when using that a lot in one
chapter I git sick of it. ;)

 so long ... Nicolai



On 29.08.2017 08:57, Sander Mak wrote:
> Hi Nicolai,
> 
>> On 29 Aug 2017, at 07:52, Nicolai Parlog <nipa at codefx.org>
>> wrote:
> 
>> While describing the difference between automatic and
>> non-automatic modules I often need a term do describe the modules
>> that are not automatic (as I did twice just now).
>> 
>> As far as I know there is no such term.
> 
> We noticed the same issue while going through the copy-edit phase
> for our manuscript. Ultimately we settled on using the
> 'nonautomatic' adjective when it's important to stress the
> difference with automatic modules. A 'proper' may have snuck in at
> some places as well. Naming things still is hard...
> 
> 
> Sander
> 

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