On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 02:28, col speed <ajarnco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:48:29 -0700 >> From: "Richard D. Moores" <rdmoo...@gmail.com> >> To: "Steven D'Aprano" <st...@pearwood.info> >> Cc: tutor@python.org >> Subject: Re: [Tutor] What does "TypeError: 'int' object is not >> iterable" mean? >> Message-ID: >> <aanlkti=8eszcxyg-raqbm0yyd=_dkvg4zkoj+e_qu...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> It's great to have you chime in, Steven. I do wish you would stop >> pulling your punches, however. ;) >> >> <-snip> >> I've never seen that convention, but I'll try to follow it. >> >> > >> > (BTW, I really hate the name "floatt". It makes me think you're >> > stuttering.) >> >> I'll use "x" instead. Anything you'd like to say about the rest of the >> script? >> >> Thanks, Steven. >> >> Dick >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Excuse me, I'm not a professional. Rather than "x", I would use "float_" >> or even "not_int", as mentioned in PEP8: > > If a function argument's name clashes with a reserved keyword, it is > generally better to append a single trailing underscore rather than > use > an abbreviation or spelling corruption. Thus "print_" is better than > > "prnt". (Perhaps better is to avoid such clashes by using a synonym.) > Steven knows his subject, please don't answer like this.
And I have a request of you: Please don't change the Subject header when you reply. I didn't see your post with it's important suggestion until just now. Thanks for the quote from PEP8. I went with "myfloat", on Dave Angel's suggestion, but float_ looks good as well. 'not_int' is not so good, because many kinds of objects are "not_int"s. As for Steven, you're absolutely correct -- and I've learned a lot from him. Dave Angel wrote: > Sometimes Steven's style can be a bit caustic, but there's almost always a > few important nuggets. and I replied: >Absolutely there are! And I have no problem with his style. I just >couldn't hold back what I intended to be a gentle jab of sarcasm. >Dangerous in email--especially an email list. Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
