[ python-Bugs-1173407 ] very minor doc bug in 'listsort.txt'
SourceForge.net
noreply at sourceforge.net
Wed Mar 30 22:46:02 CEST 2005
Bugs item #1173407, was opened at 2005-03-30 10:42
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rhettinger
You can respond by visiting:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1173407&group_id=5470
Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Submitted By: gyrof (gyrof)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: very minor doc bug in 'listsort.txt'
Initial Comment:
Tim Peter's explanation of 'timsort' in the file
'listsort.txt' is just excellent.
I would recommend, however, that all occurrences of
'data is' be replaced by 'data are'.
Just a minor nit.
-gyro
----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2005-03-30 15:46
Message:
Logged In: YES
user_id=80475
Sorry. Am closing this to eliminate noise from the tracker.
The grammar nit arguable and inconsequential (because it is
not in the main documentation and is readable as-ias).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Comment By: Terry J. Reedy (tjreedy)
Date: 2005-03-30 14:06
Message:
Logged In: YES
user_id=593130
While I agree that 'data are' when 'data' is used in isolation, I can
see combinations such as 'list data' being equivalent to 'dataset',
which 'is'. So I would have to see examples of context to be sure
I agreed with your recommendation.
In any case, listsort.txt is an optional implementation note and not
part of the official reference docs (and not accessible that I know
of via docs.python.org). Hence, a fix, even if agreed to, would
have very low priority unless Tim or a doc maven got 'bugged' by
it. Are you willing to make a revised file and a diff that would
verify that only appropriate changes were made?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can respond by visiting:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1173407&group_id=5470
More information about the Python-bugs-list
mailing list