Message 159931 - Python tracker

Message159931

Author	serhiy.storchaka
Recipients	eric.smith, larry, loewis, mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka
Date	2012-05-04.12:48:56
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> Serily: why would you unhesitatingly prefer 'P' to 'p'? My name is Serhiy. :) 'P' has the advantage that you can safely backward-compatibly remove the restriction by replacing 'P' on 'p'. :) > I also found some funny in-between cases. This is historical legacy, some still use 1/0 instead True/False. In the end, bool subclasses int. But we have no middlecase for latin 'P'.

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> Serily: why would you unhesitatingly prefer 'P' to 'p'?

My name is Serhiy. :)

'P' has the advantage that you can safely backward-compatibly remove the
restriction by replacing 'P' on 'p'. :)

> I also found some funny in-between cases.

This is historical legacy, some still use 1/0 instead True/False. In the
end, bool subclasses int. But we have no middlecase for latin 'P'.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-05-04 12:48:56	serhiy.storchaka	set	recipients: + serhiy.storchaka, loewis, mark.dickinson, larry, eric.smith
2012-05-04 12:48:56	serhiy.storchaka	link	issue14705 messages
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