On 2/14/06, Michael Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't seem to me that math.nice has an obvious meaning.
I don't disagree, I think math.nice is a terrible name. I was objecting to the desire to try to come up with interesting, different names in every module namespace. > Regards, > Michael > > On 2/14/06, Crutcher Dunnavant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/12/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> However I do dislike the name nice() - there is already a nice() in the > > > >> os module with a fairly well understood function. But I'm sure some > > > > > > > Presumably it would be located somewhere like the math module. > > > > > > For sure, but let's avoid as many name clashes as we can. > > > Python is very good at managing namespaces but there are still a > > > lot of folks who favour the > > > > > > from x import * > > > > > > mode of working. > > > > Yes, and there are people who insist on drinking and driving, that > > doesn't mean cars should be designed with that as a motivating > > assumption. There are just too many places where you are going to get > > name clashes, where something which is _obvious_ in one context will > > have a different ( and _obvious_ ) meaning in another. Lets just keep > > the namespaces clean, and not worry about inter-module conflicts. > > > > -- > > Crutcher Dunnavant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > littlelanguages.com > > monket.samedi-studios.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-Dev mailing list > > Python-Dev@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > > Unsubscribe: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/michael.walter%40gmail.com > > > -- Crutcher Dunnavant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> littlelanguages.com monket.samedi-studios.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
