std.stream.Stream.writeable

[Bruce Adams]

Janice Caron Wrote:

> On 11/15/07, Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 at yeah.who.co.uk> wrote:
> > Ironically this dictionary contains neither writeable nor writable and yet claims to be 21st century.
> 
> That's because it assumes its users are intelligent. For example, it
> also does not contain the word "writes". The reasoning is: it is
> sufficient to include the word "write", and define it as a verb, since
> all derivations therefrom are regular. It only lists derivations which
> are irregular (e.g. "noticeable")

But both writable and writeable are legal in certain circles. Only one of them can be considered regular.