[issue20280] add "predicate" to the glossary

2014-01-21 Thread Florent Xicluna
Florent Xicluna added the comment: Then we can forget it. Thank you for your input. -- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue20280] add "predicate" to the glossary

2014-01-16 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: -0 To me, this seems like unnecessary noise. The more random entries we add to the glossary, the less usable it becomes. There are many computing terms that could be added such as "recursion", "stack overflow", "buffer", "header", "packet", "basic block",

[issue20280] add "predicate" to the glossary

2014-01-16 Thread Florent Xicluna
New submission from Florent Xicluna: This term is used in various places in the documentation. http://docs.python.org/dev/search.html?q=predicate Probably it deserves an entry in the glossary, even if it is not specific to Python: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_%28mathematical_logic%29