On Fri, 11 May 2018 07:20:36 +0000, Bob Martin wrote: > in 793605 20180511 044309 T Berger <brg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 6:45:46 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: >>> On 2018-05-05 17:57, T Berger wrote: >>> > What does the "p" in "plist" stand for? Is there a python glossary >>> > that spells out the meanings of abbreviated terms? >>> > >>> "plist" is "property list". It's listed in the Python documentation. >> >>Thanks for the answer. Missed it till now. > > In IBM-speak it was parameter list.
But that's not where plists came from, was it? As I understand it, the plist data format was invented by Apple, and they called it a property list. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
