Volker Braun wrote: > On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 6:58:20 PM UTC+2, leif wrote: > > Well, while "certificate" is ambiguous (as it can be a verb as well > as a > noun), > > > While technically true, "certificate" is not commonly used as a verb. I > don't think anybody would misguess noun vs verb here.
Even worse then, since it is meant to be the (imperative form of the) /verb/. (Out of context, I'd assume the function takes an object of some Certificate class, not a Boolean.) > Also I think it is the imperative form, though truth be told I've never > heard anybody use "certificate" as a verb.. So you're in favo[u]r of "certify" (the currently *less* frequently used form) as well? Perhaps we should use plain Latin all over in Sage code. -leif -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
