On 30Nov2011 22:10, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> wrote:
| When updating the documentation, please don't go overboard with warnings.
| The docs need to be worded affirmatively -- say what a tool does and show how 
to use it correctly.
| See http://docs.python.org/documenting/style.html#affirmative-tone

I come to this late, but if we're going after the docs...

At the above link one finds this text:

  This assures that files are flushed [...]

It does not. It _ensures_ that files are flushed. The doco style "affirmative
tone" _assures_. The coding practice _ensures_!

Pedanticly,
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