On Friday 23 September 2005 10:42 am, Peter wrote: > Terry Hancock wrote: > >How exactly is that? Anybody who uses "i" as a variable name for > >anything other than an innermost loop index is a sick and twisted > >code sadist. > > > Agreed, though to say "code sadist" is a little hard don't ya think? ;)
I don't know, I thought it quite poetic. ;-) > >You'd prefer what? "count" or "kount" or > >"i_am_an_innermost_loop_index_counter". > >I mean "explicit is better than implicit", right? > > > >Maybe Fortran warped my brain, but I just don't see the benefit here. > > > Me ither. > > I am no english professor, but isn't the word "i" usualy pointed at > something you will, have, can, or can't do in english? > "me" or "self" or "this" or "my" or "cls" or "inst" are refering to just > the object, nothing more, nothing less (except for "my" which is like > referring to "something i own") and are much more human-comprehendable. > IMHO. Whoa, you totally lost me there, dude. ;-) -- Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com ) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.anansispaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
