On 5 November 2017 at 13:54, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> writes: >>But regardless, the Zen isn't intended to be taken quite as literally >>as the OP was trying to do. It's a statement of principles, not a set >>of rules. > > What I am looking for is a default notation to use in my > beginner's tutorial and also to recommand for beginners.
Then "import math" at the top of the file, and refer to module functions as "math.sin". That's the normal approach you'd see in pretty much every Python project on the web, so "follow normal practice" applies. By the time your students know enough to ask if there's a way to avoid needing to repeat "math" (and understand the answer) they are likely to be experienced enough to judge which option is better in a given situation. Paul -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
