From b405c3cbb6518750adcf4e6da84a4115df41d67c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Kelemen Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:04:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix fallacy in readme I think that the prior was reversed in this sentence. A bloom filter may show false positives, but not false negatives. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e0ac3dd..550ea26 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data structures that let you test whether a given element is a member of a set. Like Bloom filters, they have a controllable rate of false-positives - they may consider an element a member of a set even if it's never been seen before - while -having no false negatives. If a GCS hasn't seen it, it's not on the list. +having no false negatives. If it's not on the list, the GCS hasn't seen it. ### Why?