On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 7:25:53 PM UTC+1, leif wrote: > > 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. > IIRC, there is at least one place where such a parameter is named "cert" :-) And one can have names like "proof", "validate", etc :-)
> > -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.
