On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:54:00 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: > Tim Chase writes:
> > Am I the only one who feels the urge to write > > if i am some_other_object: ... > > if we are some_other_object: ... > > if u are some_other_object: ... # though txtspk bothers me > How often do you need to refer to an object with personal pronouns? I > think for me the answer is "never". Why not name the specific role the > object is playing, rather than the indirectness of personal pronouns? > So, in short: you may not be the only one, but I find it difficult to > imagine why anyone would be motivated to do that. If you've taught beginners its not so surprising -- Ive heard all kinds of - I go here - I try this again - I come back where that 'I' is some procedure/program-counter-ish notion and the listener is supposed to figure out what exactly the speaker is (currently) identifying with :-) Ive never heard 'we-s' and 'u-s' though I also (once!) had a student who started every single variable/function/filename with his name!! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
