Joe Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pisin Bootvong wrote: > > Is this a Slippery Slope fallacious argument? > > (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SlipperySlope) > > > > "if python required you to name every function then soon it will > > require you to name every number, every string, every immediate result, > > etc. And we know that is bad. Therefore requiring you to name your > > function is bad!!!! So Python is bad!!!!" > > No, it is a question about consistency. Why are functions singled out?
They're not: packages, modules and classes also have names; as I pointed out, the common factor among these four types is that instance of these types are liable to occur in tracebacks &c, where a (good) name is particularly useful as a summary reminder of what the thing is. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
