[Python-Dev] r88676 - peps/trunk/pep-0385.txt
Raymond Hettinger
raymond.hettinger at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 21:53:14 CET 2011
On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> On 28.02.2011 20:58, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Le lundi 28 février 2011 à 13:56 -0600, Benjamin Peterson a écrit :
>>> 2011/2/28 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
>>>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:36:11 -0500
>>>> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> + an existing branch. The pusher then has to merge the superfetatory heads
>>>>>
>>>>> 'superfetatory'? I have no idea of what this is, neither does
>>>>> merriam-webster.com ;-).
>>>>
>>>> There are some Google hits, though... Not sure if they are of people
>>>> making the same mistakes as I do ;)
>>>
>>> Endly, perhaps it will be adopted. Did you mean "superfluous" though?
>>
>> I really meant superfetatory (it's slightly different: superfluous is
>> simply useless, while superfetatory implies that it's in excess).
>
> Maybe "supernumerary" serves?
Plain, everyday English would serve better than using words which people need to look-up.
How about: "The pusher should the merge extra, unused heads" or somesuch.
Raymond
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