[Python-ideas] PEP 485: A Function for testing approximate equality

[Eric V. Smith]

On 01/26/2015 12:33 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> indeed -- I did add the "to" to imply the asymmetric test -- so I say if
> we go with asymmetric test then IsClose and the IsCloseTo if we go with
> the asymmetric test.

Because there's not enough bike-shedding:

I think:
symmetric = AreClose
assymetric = IsCloseTo
make the distinction clearer.

Eric.