[Python-Dev] FileSystemError or FilesystemError? (original) (raw)

Laurens Van Houtven _ at lvh.cc
Tue Aug 23 22:17:34 CEST 2011

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

On Aug 23, 2011, at 08:39 PM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:

>> When reviewing the PEP 3151 implementation (*), Ezio commented that >> "FileSystemError" looks a bit strange and that "FilesystemError" would >> be a better spelling. What is your opinion? > >I don't think it really matters since both "file system" and >"filesystem" appear to be in common usage. > >I would say +1 to "FileSystemError" -- i.e. take file system as two >words. My online dictionaries prefer "file system" to be two words, so for me, FileSystemError is preferred. -Barry

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