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

David Abrahams David Abrahams" <david.abrahams@rcn.com
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:00:15 -0500

----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick K. O'Brien" <pobrien@orbtech.com>

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.

I agree.

And I don't think we'll find anything better.

Enumerat's OK with me, but I want to put in another plug for itemize(), which is in the thesaurus as a synonym. Think of what an itemized list is, for example:

  1. foo
  2. bar
  3. baz
  4. ...

-Dave