[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279 (original) (raw)

Patrick K. O'Brien pobrien@orbtech.com
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:45:41 -0600

[Greg Ewing]

Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>: > enumerate -- I like this one best because it does what it says. But it doesn't. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, enumerate means either "to ascertain the number of : COUNT" or "to specify one after another : LIST".

Maybe a more generous dictionary would help. <0.5 wink>

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=enumerate

Included in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary are phrases such as:

"to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of"

Sounds close enough to me. Extremely close, actually. And I don't think we'll find anything better.

Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech