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[ruby/strscan] Replace "iff" with "if and only if" (#18)

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iff means if and only if, but readers without that knowledge might
assume this to be a spelling mistake. To me, this seems like
exclusionary language that is unnecessary. Simply using "if and only if"
instead should suffice.

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Gannon McGibbon 2021-01-20 20:39:21 -05:00 • committed by Hiroshi SHIBATA
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@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ strscan_unscan(VALUE self)
}
/*
* Returns +true+ iff the scan pointer is at the beginning of the line.
* Returns +true+ if and only if the scan pointer is at the beginning of the line.
*
* s = StringScanner.new("test\ntest\n")
* s.bol? # => true
@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ strscan_empty_p(VALUE self)
}
/*
* Returns true iff there is more data in the string. See #eos?.
* Returns true if and only if there is more data in the string. See #eos?.
* This method is obsolete; use #eos? instead.
*
* s = StringScanner.new('test string')
@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ strscan_rest_p(VALUE self)
}
/*
* Returns +true+ iff the last match was successful.
* Returns +true+ if and only if the last match was successful.
*
* s = StringScanner.new('test string')
* s.match?(/\w+/) # => 4