From |uke-t|erney @end|ng |rom u|ow@@edu  Tue May 21 15:43:36 2019
From: |uke-t|erney @end|ng |rom u|ow@@edu (Tierney, Luke)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 13:43:36 +0000
Subject: [Rd] [External]  Patch to replace "his" in Writing R Extensions
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Thanks. Addressed in r76559 (trunk) and r76560 (R-3-6-branch).

Best,

luke

On Tue, 21 May 2019, Ma?lle SALMON via R-devel wrote:

> Dear R-devel team,
>
> Many thanks for the great resource that is "Writing R Extensions"!
>
> I noticed two occurrences of "his", one to refer to the R package user, another to refer to the R package author. Folks in these two groups are not all men, so I suggest changing the word to "their" to make it gender-neutral. Attached is a patch for your consideration.
>
> Thanks for your time, best regards,
>
> Ma?lle.

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[Rd] [External] Patch to replace "his" in Writing R Extensions
Tierney, Luke