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[Python-Dev] [Tutor] nice()

Michael Walter michael.walter at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 19:15:37 CET 2006 
It doesn't seem to me that math.nice has an obvious meaning.

Regards,
Michael

On 2/14/06, Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/12/06, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk> wrote:
> > >> However I do dislike the name nice() - there is already a nice() in the
> > >> os module with a fairly well understood function. But I'm sure some
> >
> > > Presumably it would be located somewhere like the math module.
> >
> > For sure, but let's avoid as many name clashes as we can.
> > Python is very good at managing namespaces but there are still a
> > lot of folks who favour the
> >
> > from x import *
> >
> > mode of working.
>
> Yes, and there are people who insist on drinking and driving, that
> doesn't mean cars should be designed with that as a motivating
> assumption. There are just too many places where you are going to get
> name clashes, where something which is _obvious_ in one context will
> have a different ( and _obvious_ ) meaning in another. Lets just keep
> the namespaces clean, and not worry about inter-module conflicts.
>
> --
> Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher at gmail.com>
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