On Oct 14, 4:09 pm, Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Steve Howell wrote: > > That was the original context of my comment. The term "symmetry" gets > > used a couple times in that PEP, and I think we're in violent > > agreement that the concept of "symmetry" is wishy-washy at best. > > > Here is just one example from the PEP: > > > The symmetry between "if x in y" and "for x in y" > > suggests that it should iterate over keys. > > Maybe "analogy" or "similarity" would be a better word here. >
Agreed. "Analogy" seems particularly appropriate. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
