Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:error': 0.03; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'prefix': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'brackets': 0.16; 'brackets,': 0.16; 'parentheses': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'stem': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'aug': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'received:comcast.net': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; '+0100,': 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; 'sep': 0.31; 'agree': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'opposed': 0.36; 'surely': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'changing': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'deleting': 0.60; 'break': 0.61; 'term': 0.63; 'square': 0.74; 'subject:This': 0.74; 'subject:interesting': 0.84
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Subject: Re: This could be an interesting error
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:12:10 -0400
References: <pm270ap6g01k6a5ip10ij1lgtebsrv00mr@4ax.com> <mailman.13666.1409521108.18130.python-list@python.org> <4u870addqootc65rs6996s88fg3gihqc09@4ax.com> <mailman.13671.1409527293.18130.python-list@python.org> <l1e70a1e6osbg30l62cqmunf818vbji54m@4ax.com> <lu0g82$van$1@ger.gmane.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-50-133-228-126.hsd1.ma.comcast.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0
In-Reply-To: <lu0g82$van$1@ger.gmane.org>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.13676.1409537540.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 36
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1409537540 news.xs4all.nl 2863 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49891
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77383

On 8/31/14 8:56 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 01/09/2014 01:08, Seymore4Head wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:21:14 +0100, Mark Lawrence
>> <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 31/08/2014 23:42, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:38:12 +0100, Mark Lawrence
>>>> Unnecessary brackets?
>>>> I tried deleting the brackets and that doesn't seem to work.  I tried
>>>> changing the brackets to parenthesizes and that didn't work.  Although
>>>> I would prefer brackets to parenthesizes as you don't need shift to
>>>> type them.
>>>>
>>>>>>                pigword = stem + prefix + "ay"
>>>>>>                print ("Stem ",stem)
>>>>>>                print ("Prefix",prefix)
>>>>>>                print (pigword)
>>>>>>                break
>>>>>>        return (pigword)
>>>
>>> These            ^       ^
>>
>> Those are parenthesis :P
>> But not having to use them is a time saver.
>> Thanks
>>
>
> No they are round brackets, as opposed to square or curly.
>

Even if they are also called round brackets, surely we can agree that 
parentheses are an accurate term for ( and ).

-- 
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com