[Python-Dev] Re: Keeping Python a Duck Typed Language

2021-04-21 Thread David Antonini
I think what Christopher says is fair. My question (with little understanding of the underlying infrastructure) is can we define a 'type' that communicates that? Something like 'object that implements .read', or '.upper and .__iter__ for a spring-like object's? toonarmycaptain O

[Python-Dev] Re: Python Documentation, Python language improvement, and productive discussion

2020-08-09 Thread David Antonini
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[Python-Dev] Re: Python Documentation, Python language improvement, and productive discussion (Antoine Pitrou)

2020-07-02 Thread David Antonini
While editing the message to just state facts (clarifying the wording) an= d omit specuilations, it will still serve its purpose -- while=20 stating the actual, valid, endorsed by the team (since the concensus is t= hat the change itself was useful and should not be reverted but=20 could be impro

[Python-Dev] Re Re: Recent PEP-8 change (Ivan Pozdeev)

2020-07-02 Thread David Antonini
No contention to the contrary, but as a routine, post-merge git history rewrite, not a grand plan, from what I understand. Oh the other hand, an 'official' comment on the commit, recognising the issue with the original commit message, the following discussion, and any conclusions that get reach

[Python-Dev] Re: Recent PEP-8 change (Antoine Pitrou)

2020-07-02 Thread David Antonini
Surely, if the argument is to be as inclusive and easy as possible, British English should be used? Things may have changed, but my impression is that the majority of English-second-language (ESL) speakers learn British English, not American. So maybe that should be the switch, if inclusivity an