Re: [Python-Dev] [Tutor] nice()

2006-02-14 Thread Alan Gauld
>> However I do dislike the name nice() - there is already a nice() in the >> os module with a fairly well understood function. But I'm sure some > Presumably it would be located somewhere like the math module. For sure, but let's avoid as many name clashes as we can. Python is very good at manag

Re: [Python-Dev] [Tutor] nice()

2006-02-12 Thread Alan Gauld
I have no particularly strong view on the concept (except that I usually see the "problem" as a valuable opportunity to introduce a concept that has far wider reaching consequences than floating point numbers!). However I do dislike the name nice() - there is already a nice() in the os module with