[Python-Dev] re: PEP 279 revisited, formally (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:34:10 -0400

Thanks to all for the feedback. I think I've seen slightly more votes for enumerate than for itemize, and after some thought I think the LaTeX example (where enumerate creates numbered items) does help -- even if few Python users know LaTeX, I trust the linguistic sensibilities of LaTeX' author.

So enumerate() it is. (Specifically not enum() because of the C/C++ meaning of that word.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)