Raymond Leiter added the comment:
Ray;
Thanks for the reply.
I understand very well, your remarks -- and, in fact, agree with them.
I think my aversion to chaotic terminology stems from my study of BNF and
the joy of reading RFCs.
I'll send in suggestions if I find actual errors or really confu
Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
I don't think we would ever consider replacing "parentheses" with "round
brackets". Also, we have long talked about "curly braces" though the
braces/brackets choice is a little loose. Also note that greater-than or
less-than have established usage (see
New submission from Raymond Leiter :
This is my idea of an improvement to the documentation, but I doubt anyone
would agree with me.
Nevertheless, here it is:
There are at least 4 commonly used characters used to group other constructs to
clearly call attention to their meaning.
1. [] Brackets
