[issue31937] Add the term "dunder" to the glossary

Change by Brett Cannon : -- resolution: -> rejected stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue31937] Add the term "dunder" to the glossary

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: David, I have no objection to closing this issue and I totally agree with your comment. -- ___ Python tracker

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R. David Murray added the comment: EAFP and BDFL are not python folk terminology (the former never was, the latter may have originated with us but it has widespread use). They are also acronyms. 'dunder' is the phonetic spelling of a way of pronouncing punctuation.

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Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: Just added the term in the glossary If you want to review this PR, thank you -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker

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Change by Stéphane Wirtel : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +5399 stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The term "dunder" is used in PEPs: PEP 8, PEP 408, PEP 435, PEP 505, PEP 520, PEP 526, and in the enum module documentation. -- ___ Python tracker

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Raymond Hettinger added the comment: Recommend closing this and leaving it for StackOverflow. I really don't want to further garbage-up the glossary. -- ___ Python tracker

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Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- assignee: docs@python -> fdrake nosy: +fdrake ___ Python tracker ___

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I never seen terms like "stir" or "inker", but the term "dunder" is used pretty widely. The glossary already contains abbreviations and Python folk terminology like EAFP and BDFL. --

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Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Agreed with Raymond that Python folk terminology should not go into the glossary. I don't think I ever say "dunder" myself. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker

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Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: Thanks Raymond. +1 for adding the above list. I don't think FAQ is the right place either, I prefer we don't have to add the entries in the form of questions & answers. -- ___ Python

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Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I would rather not clutter the glossary with this sort of entry. Already, it has clutter that should probably be removed so that once again it becomes a worthwhile read rather than turning into a dictionary of random terms

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I think it shouldn't be added as a separate entry, but just mentioned in [1] and [2], and added to the index. [1] https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-special-method [2]

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Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: Anyway, +1 to adding dunder to glossary. -- ___ Python tracker ___

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Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: > until we have something we can call a "mifflin". Name of next GitHub bot? :P -- nosy: +Mariatta ___ Python tracker

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Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: -1 until we have something we can call a "mifflin". (Kidding of course!) -- nosy: +barry ___ Python tracker

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New submission from Brett Cannon : The term "dunder" is used out in the community regularly, but if you have never been exposed to it before it can seem a little odd without context. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 305509 nosy: