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

Alex Martelli aleax@aleax.it
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:07:53 +0200

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 07:02, Greg Ewing wrote: ...

There doesn't seem to be any single English word that captures all of what we mean without ambiguity.

Not a single VERB -- adjective "numbered" might do. Unfortunately the verb "to number" (from which the adjective comes as the past participle) is ambiguous when used as a function name (as noun "number" confusingly comes to mind instead, since it's an usage vastly more common).

Alex