[issue18245] In itertools.groupby() make data plural

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Dickinson
Mark Dickinson added the comment: Bah. s/test/text. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://

[issue18245] In itertools.groupby() make data plural

2013-06-17 Thread Mark Dickinson
Mark Dickinson added the comment: In any case, the patch only gives half of the correction. The corrected test would have to be "if *those* data are needed later" rather than "if that data are needed later". -- nosy: +mark.dickinson ___ Python trac

[issue18245] In itertools.groupby() make data plural

2013-06-17 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Yes, the way it is now is normal written english, regardless of what any older official stylebooks may say :) -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed type: -> behavior

[issue18245] In itertools.groupby() make data plural

2013-06-17 Thread Ned Batchelder
Ned Batchelder added the comment: Please don't make this change. "Data" is used as a singular collective noun, especially in software contexts. "Data" as a plural noun sounds archaic, or at best, scientific. -- nosy: +nedbat ___ Python tracker

[issue18245] In itertools.groupby() make data plural

2013-06-17 Thread py.user
New submission from py.user: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/data "data (uncountable) or plural noun" -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: issue.diff keywords: patch messages: 191354 nosy: docs@python, py.user priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: In it