morning in Python

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun May 18 05:15:06 EDT 2008


> Full day later, I think it, to emphasize state, would prioritize
> context.  The reason for the huge ramble was, believe it or not,
> namespace conflict... as though any other states around here might
> nose in.

I think the namespace conflict is rather in cities than in states.
For example, there are several cities called "Berlin", but only
one state (that I know of) is called "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern".
In some cases, prefixing helps, e.g. you don't call it "York"
when that already exists, but "New York".

There is also the issue of aliases. Some call it Moscow, some Moskau,
when it is really called Москва. Of course, the same issue exists
for states: some call it Kalifornien, others California.

> And thanks to 'inhahe' for coming back with the
> question.  ...Which would explain next move to 'prioritize context'.
> Context is a high priority for people.

I'd rather say that priority is a high context.

Regards,
Martin



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