[Python-Dev] cpython: Rename contextlib.ignored() to contextlib.ignore(). (original) (raw)

Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Sun Oct 13 03:15:12 CEST 2013


On 11Oct2013 13:51, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On 11/10/2013 11:33, Eric V. Smith wrote: >And Antoine has again taught me a new word: >polysemic: having more than one meaning; having multiple meanings

IMHO a poor word to use. I'm a middle aged Brit who's never heard of it so people who have English as a second language have little or no chance :(

IMO a fine word. New to me, but perfectly clear and memorable once explained.

People with English as a second language might do better than us if they've cottoned onto the patterns arising from the root languages, versus a native speaker basing things entirely on memory.

Cheers,

Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>

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