On 2010-05-23, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 5/22/2010 8:06 PM, Jeffrey Yasskin wrote: > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Brian Quinlan<br...@sweetapp.com> wrote: > >> Rename "executor" => "executer" > > > > -1 for consistency with Java. > > -10 for 'executer'. As far as I can find out, it is a misspelling of > 'executor'. If the designers of some other language made a stupid > mistake, let them correct it instead of us following them over a cliff.
I'd suggested this because it seemed obvious to me, but clearly not. Compare: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/executor http://www.thefreedictionary.com/executer However, as I mentioned in the first place I didn't expect any change of this since Java uses the first spelling. [snip] -- Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy "Advanced Qt Programming" - ISBN 0321635906 _______________________________________________ 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
