Nevertheless the C meaning *is* the etymology of the module name. :-) --Guido (mobile)
On Jan 19, 2017 16:54, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:16:28AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > >> To be fair, the name "struct" implies a C-style structure, which > >> _does_ have a fixed size, or at least fixed offsets for its members > > > > > > Ah, the old "everyone thinks in C terms" fallacy raises its ugly head > > agan :-) > > > > The name doesn't imply any such thing to me, or those who haven't been > > raised on C. It implies the word "structure", which has no implication > > of being fixed-width. > > Fair point. Objection retracted - and it was only minor anyway. This > would be a handy feature to add. +1. > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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