https://git.ruby-lang.org/ruby.git/commit/?id=a42b7de436

From a42b7de436cfceb0d6607651a3a7bf4fbd887416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gannon McGibbon <gannon.mcgibbon@g...>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:39:21 -0500
Subject: [ruby/strscan] Replace "iff" with "if and only if" (#18)

iff means if and only if, but readers without that knowledge might
assume this to be a spelling mistake. To me, this seems like
exclusionary language that is unnecessary. Simply using "if and only if"
instead should suffice.

https://github.com/ruby/strscan/commit/066451c11e
---
 ext/strscan/strscan.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ext/strscan/strscan.c b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
index 7eb6181..42027cd 100644
--- a/ext/strscan/strscan.c
+++ b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ strscan_unscan(VALUE self) https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/ext/strscan/strscan.c#L981
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns +true+ iff the scan pointer is at the beginning of the line.
+ * Returns +true+ if and only if the scan pointer is at the beginning of the line.
  *
  *   s = StringScanner.new("test\ntest\n")
  *   s.bol?           # => true
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ strscan_empty_p(VALUE self) https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/ext/strscan/strscan.c#L1034
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns true iff there is more data in the string.  See #eos?.
+ * Returns true if and only if there is more data in the string.  See #eos?.
  * This method is obsolete; use #eos? instead.
  *
  *   s = StringScanner.new('test string')
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ strscan_rest_p(VALUE self) https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/ext/strscan/strscan.c#L1051
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns +true+ iff the last match was successful.
+ * Returns +true+ if and only if the last match was successful.
  *
  *   s = StringScanner.new('test string')
  *   s.match?(/\w+/)     # => 4
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