Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-26 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 25, 2008 10:50 PM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Jameson "Chema" Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords > | on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do n

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Terry Reedy
"Jameson "Chema" Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords | on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no | transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one s

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Steve Holden
Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Jan 25, 2008 8:13 AM, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords >> on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no >> transformations except at the reversible word level.

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Collin Winter
On Jan 25, 2008 8:13 AM, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords > on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no > transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one simple, > avoid

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 25, 2008 8:13 AM, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords > on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no > transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one simple, > avoid

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
Jameson "Chema" Quinn wrote: > I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and > keywords on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do > no transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one > simple, avoidable case where this results in nonsense

Re: [Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Steven Bethard
On Jan 25, 2008 9:13 AM, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords > on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no > transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one simple, > avoid

[Python-Dev] Simple syntax proposal: "not is"

2008-01-25 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
I'm writing a source code editor that translates identifiers and keywords on-screen into a different natural language. This tool will do no transformations except at the reversible word level. There is one simple, avoidable case where this results in nonsense in many languages: "is not". I propose