[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279 (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger python@rcn.com
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:34:51 -0500

----- Original Message ----- From: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org>

0. itemize 1. enumerate

After the conversation on names, are you ready to choose between enumerate(), enum(), and itemize()?

enumerate -- I like this one best because it does what it says. Liked by most of the py-dev respondants.

enum -- I like this one too. A tiny bit of clarity traded for pithiness (like dict vs dictionary). Must rhyme with 'doom', not with 'dumb' .

itemize -- Could be confusing since amap.items() != list(itemize(amap)). Unfortunate association with income taxes :(

Raymond Hettinger, CPA