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Well, if we're at the "bikeshedding about names" stage, that means that no serious issues with the proposal are left. So it's a sign of progress.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
Is this thread really ready to migrate to python-dev when we're still
bikeshedding method names?

Yuriy Taraday writes:

�> > But which half? A socket is two independent streams, one in each
�> > direction. Twisted uses half\_close() for this concept but unless you
�> > already know what this is for you are left wondering which half. Which
�> > is why I like using 'write' in the name.
�>
�> Yes, 'write' part is good, I should mention it. I meant to say that I won't
�> need to explain that there were days when we had to handle a special marker
�> at the end of file.

Mystery is good for students.

Getting serious, "close\_writer" occured to me as a possibility.
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