[Python-Dev] cpython: Rename contextlib.ignored() to contextlib.ignore().

[Cameron Simpson]

On 11Oct2013 13:51, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 11/10/2013 11:33, Eric V. Smith wrote:
> >And Antoine has again taught me a new word:
> >polysemic: having more than one meaning; having multiple meanings
> 
> IMHO a poor word to use.  I'm a middle aged Brit who's never heard
> of it so people who have English as a second language have little or
> no chance :(

IMO a fine word. New to me, but perfectly clear and memorable once
explained.

People with English as a second language might do better than us
if they've cottoned onto the patterns arising from the root languages,
versus a native speaker basing things entirely on memory.

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>

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