On 8/10/2013 2:36 PM, Peter Otten wrote:
Terry Reedy wrote:
On 8/10/2013 11:33 AM, Krishnan Shankar wrote:
Hi Fellow Python Friends,
I am new to Python and recently subscribed to the mailing list.I have a
doubt regarding the basics of Python. Please help me in understanding
the below concept.
So doubt is on variables and their contained value.
It would be better English to say that you have a 'question' or even
'confusion', rather than a 'doubt'. From your subject line, I got the
impression that you doubted that you should learn or use Python. That
clearly is not what you meant.
Quoting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English
"""
doubt = question or query; e.g. one would say, 'I have a doubt' when one
wishes to ask a question.
"""
Thank you for verifying by suspicion (in the neutral sense) that this
might be a generic Indian English usage.
I'd say if Brits can cope (hard as it may be) with the American variant of
the language, and native speakers can live with the broken English used to
communicate in the rest of the world there is ample room for an Indian
flavo(u)r now and then...
The issue I raised was one of avoiding misunderstanding, especially in a
short subject line. I almost skipped over the post because of it.
I could have added a recommendation to be more specific. Any of
"Question/confusion/doubt about int identity"
would have been better.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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