Aahz wrote: > 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.
When people are fighting over things like `sense`, although sense may not be strictly wrong dictionary-wise, it smells of something burning... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
