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

2006-02-14 Thread Crutcher Dunnavant
On 2/14/06, Michael Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't seem to me that math.nice has an obvious meaning. I don't disagree, I think math.nice is a terrible name. I was objecting to the desire to try to come up with interesting, different names in every module namespace. > Regards, > Mi

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

2006-02-14 Thread Michael Walter
It doesn't seem to me that math.nice has an obvious meaning. Regards, Michael On 2/14/06, Crutcher Dunnavant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/12/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> However I do dislike the name nice() - there is already a nice() in the > > >> os module with a fairly

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

2006-02-14 Thread Crutcher Dunnavant
On 2/12/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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

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 Josiah Carlson
"Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > time with a thesaurus can overcome that single mild objection. :-) Presumably it would be located somewhere lik

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