In article <006e795f$0$9711$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: >On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:32:10 +0200, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >> kj wrote: >>> >>> sense = cmp(func(hi), func(lo)) >>> assert sense != 0, "func is not strictly monotonic in [lo, hi]" >> >> As already said before, unlike other languages, sense in english does >> **not** mean direction. You should rewrite this part using a better >> name. Wrong informations are far worse than no information at all. > >Absolutely. > >From Webster's Dictionary: > > 8. (Geom.) One of two opposite directions in which a line, > surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the > motion of a point, line, or surface. > [1913 Webster] > > >And from WordNet: > > 2: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word > or expression or situation can be interpreted > >Both meanings are relevant to the way KJ is using the word. Please take >your own advice and stop giving wrong information. As a native English >speaker, I had no difficulty understanding the meaning of "sense" in the >sense intended by KJ.
As another native English speaker, I agree with Jean-Michel; this is the first time I've seen "sense" used to mean direction. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "as long as we like the same operating system, things are cool." --piranha -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
