Re: [Groff] mdoc: Additional "," from .Ex

[Clarke Echols]

On 11/12/2014 03:00 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > the mdoc macros display for
> >
> > .Ex -std uuencode uudecode b64encode b64decode
> >
> > EXIT STATUS
> >       The uuencode, uudecode, b64encode, and b64decode utilities [...]
> >
> > I think the "," before "and" is not intended.
>
> It is intended.  There are various styles when to use a comma, and one
> of the styles says that you should use one in an enumeration before
> the final `and'.
>
>
>      Werner
Agreed.  I know of no case where having the comma there would decrease
readability.  More often than not it helps eliminate confusion, as I
mentioned earlier.

Clarke