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Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean

From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean
Date 2016-07-10 11:15 -0600
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On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>:
>
>> That's still excessive by any reasonable standards. Names should be
>> descriptive, but no more verbose than necessary. How about:
>>
>> force_N = -G * mass1_kg * mass2_kg / distance_m ** 2
>
> Why bother with tagging the names with standard units?

The point of the example was to demonstrate descriptive names. For
local variables I usually wouldn't bother with the units, but in
general it's a good practice to help avoid crashing your orbiter into
Mars.

> Shouldn't it be G_N_m2_per_kg2, given your strategy for identifying the
> units associated with the other variables?

To me, the use of the standard name implies standard units, so no, "G"
is sufficient. YMMV.

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Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-09 15:26 +1000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-07-09 08:43 +0300
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-09 01:49 -0400
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-07-08 23:27 -0700
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-07-09 11:04 +0200
    Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 15:13 -0700
      Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 08:17 +1000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2016-07-09 12:23 +0200
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-07-09 06:51 -0700
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com> - 2016-07-09 08:16 -0600
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-09 16:13 +0000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2016-07-09 17:53 +0100
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-09 18:31 +0000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-09 17:39 -0400
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 07:45 +1000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 00:28 -0700
    Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-10 18:51 +1000
      Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 09:24 +0000
        Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-10 20:08 +1000
          Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 21:07 +1000
          Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 07:29 -0700
            Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 07:44 -0700
            Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 08:55 -0600
              Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-10 18:03 +0300
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 11:15 -0600
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 15:17 -0700
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-12 22:57 +0000
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 18:42 -0700
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-12 21:58 -0400
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-13 13:03 +0000
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 12:25 +1000
                Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-10 19:21 -0400
            Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-10 12:08 -0400
            Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 15:19 -0700
          Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 15:43 +0000
  Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 01:28 -0600
    Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-07-10 11:01 +0300
      Re: Quick poll: gmean or geometric_mean Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 09:04 -0600

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