-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/07/2011 01:22 PM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Am 07.12.2011 02:23, schrieb Cameron Simpson: >> On 30Nov2011 22:10, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: | When updating the documentation, please don't go overboard >> with warnings. | The docs need to be worded affirmatively -- say >> what a tool does and show how to use it correctly. | See >> http://docs.python.org/documenting/style.html#affirmative-tone >> >> I come to this late, but if we're going after the docs... >> >> At the above link one finds this text: >> >> This assures that files are flushed [...] >> >> It does not. It _ensures_ that files are flushed. The doco style >> "affirmative tone" _assures_. The coding practice _ensures_! >> >> Pedanticly, > > Oh, come on, surely this doesn't effect the casual reader?
/me presumes an ironic mispeling there. ;) Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7fyZgACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ5eaQCeL+E4CVxa1BWhm/MsPw29u/Ym QnUAoKBOY37dNA9aT5TZkv4hu9ixZjBn =jg86 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
