[Python-Dev] PEP 3148 ready for pronouncement (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri May 28 01🔞47 CEST 2010

Brian Quinlan wrote:

I think that the "Executor" suffix is a good indicator of the interface being provided.

It's not usually considered necessary for the name of a type to indicate its interface. We don't have 'listsequence' and 'dictmapping' for example.

I think what bothers me most about these names is their longwindedness. Two parts to a name is okay, but three or more starts to sound pedantic. And for me, "Pool" is a more important piece of information than "Executor". The fact that it manages a pool is the main reason I'd use such a module rather than just spawning a thread myself for each task.

-- Greg

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