[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279 revisited
Aahz
aahz@pythoncraft.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 12:23:39 -0400
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Patrick K. O'Brien wrote:
>
> The new type is a numerator but that is a mouthful so the built-in
> function should be named numer(), just like iter() is short for
> iterator. If people can learn and remember iter(), it should be just
> as easy to learn and remember numer(). They are spelled almost the
> same, they rhyme, they are short, etc. All the logic that lead to the
> selection of iter() should apply here.
Hrm. I'm not quite changing my vote yet, but numerator() might work; I
don't like numer() because it looks like it's missing a "b". I'm also
rethinking whether I should cast my vote for iterindexed().
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