On Aug 23, 2011, at 08:39 PM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:

>> When reviewing the PEP 3151 implementation (*), Ezio commented that
>> "FileSystemError" looks a bit strange and that "FilesystemError" would
>> be a better spelling. What is your opinion?
>
>I don't think it really matters since both "file system" and
>"filesystem" appear to be in common usage.
>
>I would say +1 to "FileSystemError" -- i.e. take file system as two
>words.

My online dictionaries prefer "file system" to be two words, so for me,
FileSystemError is preferred.

-Barry

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On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> wrote:
On Aug 23, 2011, at 08:39 PM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:

>> When reviewing the PEP 3151 implementation (\*), Ezio commented that
>> "FileSystemError" looks a bit strange and that "FilesystemError" would
>> be a better spelling. What is your opinion?
>
>I don't think it really matters since both "file system" and
>"filesystem" appear to be in common usage.
>
>I would say +1 to "FileSystemError" -- i.e. take file system as two
>words.

My online dictionaries prefer "file system" to be two words, so for me,
FileSystemError is preferred.

\-Barry

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