[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Remove mention of medical condition from the test suite. (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Tue Jul 5 08:27:00 CEST 2011

Jim Jewett writes:

If you're going to get rid of the pun, you might as well change the whole sentence...

In fact, he should, since this is such a well-known pun that many people will consciously make the reverse substitution, and wonder WTF python-dev was thinking when they put the amended sentence in the test. Maybe somebody was trying to offend people who make such corrections habitually by demonstrating the kind of nonsense they occasionally produce. I've seen that target hit several times.

Also, the log should say why this was done.

- Remove mention of medical condition from the test suite.

One could also use the somewhat euphemistic "unprofessional language". That points to why such changes are justified despite an author's right to have her mode of expression respected -- the Python project aims at professionalism, and offensive language detracts from it.

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