On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 14:34, Henk-Jaap Wagenaar <wagenaarhenkj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PEP-8 however does not mention a particular edition and the version that is > readily available (in the public domain) does contain this problematic > section "to use the masculine pronouns whenever possible" which is not > inclusive. (This is a genuine question, and I'm terrified of being yelled at for asking it, which gives an idea of the way this thread has gone - but I genuinely do want to know, to try to improve my own writing). What *is* the correct inclusive way to refer to an unidentified person in a technical document, without sacrificing clarity by using convoluted circumlocutions like "he/her/they" or over-use of the passive voice? My impression is that commonly accepted language rules and usage are lagging behind, and there's no good answer to this question yet :-( Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/O7JTHQNC62L7XSNIX3JN2GAZUU6INCD6/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
