[Python-Dev] _length_cue() (original) (raw)

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Thu Feb 9 16:54:59 CET 2006 

>> Ditto.  In addition, we already have queues.  Do we really need to
>> use a homonym that means something entirely different?  (Hint:
>> consider the added difficulty for non-native English speakers).

Guido> Right. As a non-native speaker I can confirm that for English
Guido> learners, "cue" is a bit mysterious at first while "hint" is
Guido> obvious.

Guido, you're hardly your typical non-native speaker. I think your English may be better than mine. ;-) At any rate, I was thinking of some of the posts I see on c.l.py where it requires a fair amount of detective work just to figure out what the poster has written, what with all the incorrect grammar and wild misspellings. For that sort of person I can believe that "cue", "queue" and "kew" might mean exactly the same thing...

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