Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Gregory Ewing Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: PEP8 and 4 spaces Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:57:14 +1200 Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <22220d8c-af69-434b-9361-520e396e615e@googlegroups.com> <8c3844c1-9008-474f-9db5-49d6fad7c0bb@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net TAeUlyqLteaZfieL4xZ95QpW8HuG/IMvwfJyvjF+tOmNuzVJLy Cancel-Lock: sha1:iZEp1boMKkp9vVuD23FdikqVDmo= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (Macintosh/20050711) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <8c3844c1-9008-474f-9db5-49d6fad7c0bb@googlegroups.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73991 Rick Johnson wrote: > Why is a handheld light > called a flashlight? It does not flash, According to Wikipedia, originally it did: "Early flashlights ran on zinc–carbon batteries, which could not provide a steady electric current and required periodic 'rest' to continue functioning. Because these early flashlights also used energy-inefficient carbon-filament bulbs, "resting" occurred at short intervals. Consequently, they could be used only in brief flashes, hence the common American name flashlight." Of course, in sane parts of the world, we call them torches. :-) -- Greg