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| From | Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Style question -- plural of class name? |
| Date | 2013-05-08 22:40 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kmek9m$s0v$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <kmec30$d12$1@panix2.panix.com> |
On Wed, 08 May 2013 16:20:48 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > FooEntry is a class. How would you describe a list of these in a > docstring? > > "A list of FooEntries" > > "A list of FooEntrys" > > "A list of FooEntry's" > > "A list of FooEntry instances" > > The first one certainly sounds the best, but it seems wierd to change > the spelling of the class name to make it plural. I wouldn't use an apostrophe for pluralisation. The Normal pluralisation of FooEntry would be FooEntries. Who are you expecting to read the docstring? English majors, grammar nazis, wikipedia editors, programmers, or all 4? -- Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com
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Style question -- plural of class name? roy@panix.com (Roy Smith) - 2013-05-08 16:20 -0400
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-05-08 15:33 -0500
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-09 00:13 +0000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? John Downs <john.a.downs@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 16:37 -0400
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 14:45 -0600
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-05-08 22:40 +0000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-09 15:14 +0000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-05-09 19:43 +0300
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-09 17:28 +0000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-08 19:45 -0400
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-09 00:02 +0000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-05-09 10:42 +1000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 10:12 +1000
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2013-05-08 20:38 -0400
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2013-05-09 12:21 +0200
Re: Style question -- plural of class name? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 18:44 +0100
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