[Python-Dev] Comments of the PEP 3151 (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Jul 26 04:31:48 CEST 2011


Andrew Bennetts wrote:

Ethan Furman wrote:

[…] or "EINTRError" in my order of preference.

Please not that last one! ;) Why not, exactly?

Because this is Python, and readability counts. Yes, it does take some getting used to (I finally stopped typing 'enum' a couple months ago ;) , but it is a worthwhile goal -- a goal we take a step back from with names like EINTRError instead of InterruptedError.

Ethan



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