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The pronoun "they" is enough if you don't know the person's gender[1] ;).

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they



I was also unsure if that was just opinion of the core maintainer or a collective of committers. Again a "they" would have fine :) .


Most people, even the most rabid "anti-pronoun" people, have used "they" in the singular sense for decades without even realising it

"I had a great teacher at school" "Oh really, what was their name?"

etc




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