[Python-Dev] Re: logging package -- rename warn to warning?

[Guido van Rossum]

> I would characterize "fatal" as misleading, and "critical" as
> accurate.  "Fatal" implies "death", as in process termination, or
> sys.exit(), or at least an exception being raised.  It's an
> important distinction, well worth the extra 3 letters.

I expected this response, hence my (joking) use of "political
correctness".  I don't think the subtlety is worth using a less common
word.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)