R devel - May 2019 - Patch to replace "his" in Writing R Extensions

Dear R-devel team,

Many thanks for the great resource that is "Writing R Extensions"! 

I noticed two occurrences of "his", one to refer to the R package
user, another to refer to the R package author. Folks in these two groups are
not all men, so I suggest changing the word to "their" to make it
gender-neutral. Attached is a patch for your consideration.

Thanks for your time, best regards, 

Ma?lle.
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Thanks. Addressed in r76559 (trunk) and r76560 (R-3-6-branch).

Best,

luke

On Tue, 21 May 2019, Ma?lle SALMON via R-devel wrote:
> Dear R-devel team,
>
> Many thanks for the great resource that is "Writing R
Extensions"!
>
> I noticed two occurrences of "his", one to refer to the R package
user, another to refer to the R package author. Folks in these two groups are
not all men, so I suggest changing the word to "their" to make it
gender-neutral. Attached is a patch for your consideration.
>
> Thanks for your time, best regards,
>
> Ma?lle.
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