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You can initialize the product before delivery, or defer initialization to the end-user.
Initialization prior to delivery is optional.
Why emphasize the "un?"
And FWIW I agree with avoiding "wish." People wish they could do lots of things with software that developers don't bake into the system.
James Leatherwood
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From: McLauchlan, Kevin [mailto:Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:32 AM
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Subject: Usage question - "... un-initialized state" or "... an uninitialized state"
The statement in the docs is: "You might wish to deliver the product in un-initialized state."
One reviewer wants that to say: "You might wish to deliver the product in AN un-initialized state."
My objection to that version is that it suggests/implies that there is more than one un-initialized state.
With respect to initialization, there are two states - initialized and un-initialized. There are no sub-categories under un-initialized, and no grey areas. It is or it ain't.
What say you language mavens?
-k
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