On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:40:56 -0800, dave_mikesell wrote: > On Mar 8, 2:27 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Good comments are better than bad names. Good names are better than bad >> comments. > > If you're taking the time to write good comments, why not just fix the > bad names? The compiler/interpreter can never, ever catch bad comments.
Yes, but the Python compiler can only catch bad names if you do this at the top of every module: import semantic_analysis import magic.crystal_ball.read_programmers_mind Unfortunately, this comes with a *serious* performance hit, so most people don't bother. Instead, they rely on the programmer to write good descriptive names AND good comments, because not everything can be documented in a name. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
