[Python-Dev] Adding numbering to PEP 20, the Zen of Python
I was emailing someone today about implementing something (for PEP 471, as it happens) and wanted to link to the Zen of Python [1] and note a particular clause (in this case "If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea."). However, there are no clause numbers, so you can't refer to specific phrases. I know it's a short enough document that it probably doesn't matter. And maybe numbering them would make it less Zen. Would be handy in code reviews and the like, for example: "Not very Pythonic. See PEP 20 point 5." Is it just my pedantic self, or have others wanted to do this too? [1] http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ -Ben ___ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding numbering to PEP 20, the Zen of Python
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Ben Hoyt wrote: > I was emailing someone today about implementing something (for PEP > 471, as it happens) and wanted to link to the Zen of Python [1] and > note a particular clause (in this case "If the implementation is hard > to explain, it's a bad idea."). However, there are no clause numbers, > so you can't refer to specific phrases. > > I know it's a short enough document that it probably doesn't matter. > And maybe numbering them would make it less Zen. Would be handy in > code reviews and the like, for example: "Not very Pythonic. See PEP 20 > point 5." Is it just my pedantic self, or have others wanted to do > this too? > > [1] http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ > > -Ben > ___ > Python-Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/graffatcolmingov%40gmail.com It's just you I think. Also, isn't this better suited for python-ideas? ___ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding numbering to PEP 20, the Zen of Python
[Ben Hoyt] > I was emailing someone today about implementing something (for PEP > 471, as it happens) and wanted to link to the Zen of Python [1] and > note a particular clause (in this case "If the implementation is hard > to explain, it's a bad idea."). However, there are no clause numbers, > so you can't refer to specific phrases. > > I know it's a short enough document that it probably doesn't matter. > And maybe numbering them would make it less Zen. Would be handy in > code reviews and the like, for example: "Not very Pythonic. See PEP 20 > point 5." Is it just my pedantic self, or have others wanted to do > this too? > > [1] http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ See Revelation 22:18. Adding numbers is how heresy begins ;-) http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-18.htm ___ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding numbering to PEP 20, the Zen of Python
On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:46 PM, Tim Peters wrote: >See Revelation 22:18. Adding numbers is how heresy begins ;-) Thus Spake Timbot -Barry ___ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Adding numbering to PEP 20, the Zen of Python
Why not quoting the whole sentence? Victor Le 19 sept. 2014 03:31, "Ben Hoyt" a écrit : > I was emailing someone today about implementing something (for PEP > 471, as it happens) and wanted to link to the Zen of Python [1] and > note a particular clause (in this case "If the implementation is hard > to explain, it's a bad idea."). However, there are no clause numbers, > so you can't refer to specific phrases. > > I know it's a short enough document that it probably doesn't matter. > And maybe numbering them would make it less Zen. Would be handy in > code reviews and the like, for example: "Not very Pythonic. See PEP 20 > point 5." Is it just my pedantic self, or have others wanted to do > this too? > > [1] http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ > > -Ben > ___ > Python-Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/victor.stinner%40gmail.com > ___ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
