FEEDBACK WANTED: Type/class unification

[chris liechti]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at home.com> wrote in 
news:XXB97.56072$EP6.12803318 at news1.rdc2.pa.home.com:
> Guido
>> I think 'self' would be confusing.  I'd like to propose 'cls'.
> 
> [long slew of suggestions deleted]
> 
>> Sigh.  I sympathize with the desire for a non-acronym, none of the
>> proposals work for me -- they are all neologisms in this context.
>> Ditto for "us" etc.
> 
> I'll drag in my suggestion from a slightly different context: 'cat'
> for class and type.
> Or if you insist on abbreviating 'class', then 'cas' is pronouncable.
> To me, 'cls' is a toss-up with 'class' (whoops, keyword) or 'clas'.

do pythons (snake) like cat[s]?

i think a word that can easily be spoken is easier to remember and use 
especially for beginners. and this one even makes a useful abbreviation.

-- 
chris <cliechti at mails.ch>