On 27/11/2010 15:04, Nick Coghlan wrote:
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Michael Foord
<fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
I just resign myself to having to spell words like colour and
serialise wrong when I'm working on Python. Compared to the
adjustments the non-native English speakers have to make, I figure I'm
getting off lightly ;)
I *thought* that the Python policy was that English speakers wrote
documentation in English and American speakers wrote documentation in
American and that we *don't* insist on US spellings in the Python
documentation?
If we're just talking about those things in generally, then that's a
reasonable rule. But when in close proximity to an actual API that
uses the American spelling, or modifying a file that uses the relevant
word a lot, following the prevailing style is a definite courtesy to
the reader.
Ok, thanks. Sounds like a good guideline.
Michael
Cheers,
Nick.
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