[Python-Dev] Re: logging package -- rename warn to warning? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:17:05 -0500

I would characterize "fatal" as misleading, and "critical" as accurate. "Fatal" implies "death", as in process termination, or sys.exit(), or at least an exception being raised. It's an important distinction, well worth the extra 3 letters.

I expected this response, hence my (joking) use of "political correctness". I don't think the subtlety is worth using a less common word.

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