Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:37:36 +0200, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
> By the way: > >> xCoordinate, yCoordinate, zCoordinate = polygon.nextPointCoordinates() > > Coordinates are pairs or triples of *ordinates* (no "co"). You can't have > an "x coordinate" -- that would be like unpacking a single pair of shoes > into a "left-pair" and a "right-pair". Wrong, the ordinate is specifically the second coordinate (the first one being the abscissa). I don't think these words are in common use in the english speaking world though (in France, "abscisse" and "ordonnée" are terms taught at school). The terms x-coordinate and y-coordinate are very commonly used. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
