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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:02 PM, demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> wrote: > The form with a hyphen is most common with "run", and the form with a > space is most common with "compile", but the form with a hyphen is > most common overall. So I am not sure what to do. Am I wrong in > thinking we should use one form consistently? > Depending on style guide, no doubt … Hyphen should be used in the attributive: "run-time exception", "run-time library", "compile-time hints", "compile-time constants", "compile-time directives", &c. At a quick glance, the pod mostly seems to follow this rule. In plain noun phrases, there is no such hard-and-fast rule, though I guess it might be better to stick with one or the other. The pod currently doesn't – both forms are abundant. EirikThread Previous | Thread Next