On 24Aug2011 12:31, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: | On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: | > Antoine Pitrou wrote: | >> When reviewing the PEP 3151 implementation (*), Ezio commented that | >> "FileSystemError" looks a bit strange and that "FilesystemError" would | >> be a better spelling. What is your opinion? | > | > It's a file system (two words), not filesystem (not in any dictionary or | > spell checker I've ever used). | | I rarely find spell checkers to be useful sources of data on correct | spelling of technical jargon (and the computing usage of the term | 'filesystem' definitely qualifies as jargon). | | > (Nor do we write filingsystem, governmentsystem, politicalsystem or | > schoolsystem. This is English, not German.) | | Personally, I think 'filesystem' is a portmanteau in the process of | coming into existence (as evidenced by usage like 'FHS' standing for | 'Filesystem Hierarchy Standard'). However, the two word form is still | useful at times, particularly for disambiguation of acronyms (as | evidenced by usage like 'NFS' and 'GFS' for 'Network File System' and | 'Google File System').
Funny, I thought NFS stood for Not a File System :-) | Since I tend to use the one word 'filesystem' form myself (ditto for | 'filename'), I'm +1 for FilesystemError, but I'm only -0 for | FileSystemError (so I expect that will be the option chosen, given | other responses). I also use "filesystem" as a one word piece of jargon, but I am persuaded by the language arguments. So I'm +1 for FileSystemError. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Bolts get me through times of no courage better than courage gets me through times of no bolts! - Eric Hirst <e...@u.washington.edu> _______________________________________________ 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
