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authordef <dennis@felsin9.de>2015-06-21 21:25:19 +0200
committerdef <dennis@felsin9.de>2015-06-21 21:25:19 +0200
commita7f03e8d46b25ef9210a75d1c09bccbebb9e3842 (patch)
treea1c6e2ce3089b2c5e47427d165df681ad943dda4
parent37ff086c86129602c34f660cd4193c9a02273f81 (diff)
downloadNim-a7f03e8d46b25ef9210a75d1c09bccbebb9e3842.tar.gz
Use gender neutral language in documentation
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/ffi.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/tut1.txt10
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/ffi.txt b/doc/manual/ffi.txt
index 4a4e0316f..bc402b570 100644
--- a/doc/manual/ffi.txt
+++ b/doc/manual/ffi.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Unchecked pragma
 ----------------
 The ``unchecked`` pragma can be used to mark a named array as ``unchecked``
 meaning its bounds are not checked. This is often useful when one wishes to
-implement his own flexibly sized arrays. Additionally an unchecked array is
+implement their own flexibly sized arrays. Additionally an unchecked array is
 translated into a C array of undetermined size:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
diff --git a/doc/tut1.txt b/doc/tut1.txt
index 500480cf0..11a4d6adc 100644
--- a/doc/tut1.txt
+++ b/doc/tut1.txt
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ The while statement is a simple looping construct:
     name = readLine(stdin)
     # no ``var``, because we do not declare a new variable here
 
-The example uses a while loop to keep asking the user for his name, as long as
-he types in nothing (only presses RETURN).
+The example uses a while loop to keep asking the user for their name, as long
+as the user types in nothing (only presses RETURN).
 
 
 For statement
@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ procedures are defined with the ``proc`` keyword:
     echo("I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.")
 
 This example shows a procedure named ``yes`` that asks the user a ``question``
-and returns true if he answered "yes" (or something similar) and returns
-false if he answered "no" (or something similar). A ``return`` statement leaves
-the procedure (and therefore the while loop) immediately. The
+and returns true if they answered "yes" (or something similar) and returns
+false if they answered "no" (or something similar). A ``return`` statement
+leaves the procedure (and therefore the while loop) immediately. The
 ``(question: string): bool`` syntax describes that the procedure expects a
 parameter named ``question`` of type ``string`` and returns a value of type
 ``bool``. ``Bool`` is a built-in type: the only valid values for ``bool`` are