Proposed new syntax

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com>:

> I really don't think that "comprehension" in English, in the manner
> used for Python set manipulation, is equivalent at all to the English
> word "understand".

Correct. However, the two meanings of "comprehension" have a common
etymological ancestor. The literal meaning in Latin was "taking in",
"gathering".

Both "take in" and "gather" have similar metaphorical meanings in Modern
English, as well.


Marko