[Python-Dev] Re: Got None. Maybe Some? (original) (raw)

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Mon Dec 22 17:41:29 EST 2003

> [Paul Moore] > > ... > > The fact that [None] compares less than every other value is to me > > incidental, and arbitrary. > > Arbitrary?! I clearly recall when the decision was made that None would > compare less than anything else. I was in the same room with Guido, and > this is a verbatim transcript of the debate: > Two lines of code later, the Only Objectively Correct result was achieved. > > history-is-more-impressive-in-textbooks-ly y'rs - tim > How about "everything" or "all" as the obverse of "none", ordered higher than all other values? "Some" is far too indeterminate.

Dave LeBlanc Seattle, WA USA

All seems like a reasonable spelling for an object with the given behavior. I started with the name Some because the name made me smile.

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