On 10/9/2014 1:43 PM, mm0fmf wrote:
On 09/10/2014 02:29, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Apart from the horrible spelling of colour :-)
I've always spelt colour as "color" when programming and as "colour"
when writing language including documentation about software.
Like it or not, Python uses American English.
Searching 'colour' in F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\*.rst ...
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\faq\library.rst: 102: functions from ncurses
and SYSV curses such as colour, alternative character set
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\curses.rst: 382: instead of the
Canadian/British spelling 'colour'. If you're used to the
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1114: Here's a simple example
of using the :meth:`sub` method. It replaces colour
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1115: names with the word
``colour``::
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1118: >>> p.sub( 'colour',
'blue socks and red shoes')
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1119: 'colour socks and
colour shoes'
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1120: >>> p.sub( 'colour',
'blue socks and red shoes', count=1)
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1121: 'colour socks and red
shoes'
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1127: >>> p.subn( 'colour',
'blue socks and red shoes')
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1128: ('colour socks and
colour shoes', 2)
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1129: >>> p.subn( 'colour',
'no colours at all')
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\howto\regex.rst: 1130: ('no colours at all', 0)
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\library\colorsys.rst: 24:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/color-spaces.htm.
F:\Python\dev\4\py34\Doc\whatsnew\2.0.rst: 1059: and SYSV curses, such
as colour, alternative character set support, pads, and
Hits found: 14
most regex examples.
colour in a programme doesn't seem right.
Perhaps ironically, there are 52 uses of 'colour' in the stdlib, all but
4 in idlelib, and most of those in one file. I just changed all except
in the one file.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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