Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'spelling': 0.09; "subject:')": 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'code?': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject:ideas': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'code,': 0.22; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'forgot': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'case,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; '14,': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'channel': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'read': 0.60; 'cost.': 0.60; 'july': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'great': 0.65; 'reads': 0.68; 'subjectcharset:utf-8': 0.72; 'jul': 0.74; "else's": 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=HHjG28FvnUs/PRR96NpxoIYvAhXyIsZMIr0scs2nVmo=; b=tAsk92fYyrXxStwK1uWrQpazfrJB8j6oQfSoWI5lT6OKLkf1ox1YLPsk7I058hp+/r 5Vv9Qqt+2SH29/C4Ti8q5drmOHefLf4914sJvkDD7qPzd0ddsqWe2KU/o0Z/pmHwtrMt 2TeVE7GBwlzHAAXwS4nIrc4b5gb4rQVwXrU0+4qKJuJrwvegmbi//NBi8tYAHZBybK/3 p3GyH3kzfPbIaKlCt7caFhHeS+UY5w1F2iSJYmT8JGapTPjyRZux0Kju+D2sOSQXLr9w z9FYXqcPJIEl4hOO7nIeUaF74rX2k76AWYrnvObRj8CT1iGPmwyFreLJnwJdspeY6m0K TQDA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.169.146 with SMTP id z18mr26934865vcy.80.1373766835123; Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:53:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <51E07F3B.5000405@mrabarnett.plus.com> <51E1FDC5.1030501@pearwood.info> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:53:55 +1000 Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IFtQeXRob24taWRlYXNdIGZsb2F0KCfiiJ4nKT1mbG9hdCgnaW5mJyk=?= From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1373766843 news.xs4all.nl 15906 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36037 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50621 On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Joshua Landau wrote: >> On 14 July 2013 02:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> and on-going costs: >>> >>> - that's one more thing for every user to learn; >> >> Doesn't apply here. > > Yes, it does; what happens to someone who reads someone else's Python > code? To write code, you need to understand one way of spelling > something. To read code, you need to understand _every_ way of > spelling that thing. That may not be a particularly great cost in this > case, but it is a cost. Doh, I forgot which channel this was on again :( It feels like a python-list thread. ChrisA