Message 185615 - Python tracker

Message185615

Author	techtonik
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, bgailer, docs@python, eric.araujo, eric.snow, georg.brandl, nedbat, r.david.murray, techtonik, terry.reedy
Date	2013-03-31.05:36:24
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> ... cannot be relied upon to either happen or not happen... IMHO this phrase is from Advanced English course. > The original included the caution against modifying it, and I think it is valid because of the inconsistent behavior. > Perhaps it could be weakened to "it is not a good idea to modify"? Ambiguity already adds fear and uncertainty. Just explaining the consequences would be good style for the technical doc.

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> ... cannot be relied upon to either happen or not happen...

IMHO this phrase is from Advanced English course.

> The original included the caution against modifying it, and I think it is
valid because of the inconsistent behavior.
> Perhaps it could be weakened to "it is not a good idea to modify"?

Ambiguity already adds fear and uncertainty. Just explaining the
consequences would be good style for the technical doc.

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2013-03-31 05:36:25	techtonik	set	recipients: + techtonik, georg.brandl, terry.reedy, amaury.forgeotdarc, nedbat, bgailer, eric.araujo, r.david.murray, docs@python, eric.snow
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