On 2013-05-08, Denis McMahon <denismfmcma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 08 May 2013 16:20:48 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > >> FooEntry is a class. How would you describe a list of these in a >> docstring? >> >> "A list of FooEntries" >> >> "A list of FooEntrys" >> >> "A list of FooEntry's" >> >> "A list of FooEntry instances" >> >> The first one certainly sounds the best, but it seems wierd to change >> the spelling of the class name to make it plural. > > I wouldn't use an apostrophe for pluralisation.
If there's no chance for confusion between a class named FooEntry and another named FooEntries, then the first attempt seems best. Pluralize a class name by following the usual rules, e.g., "strings" and "ints". -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
