James wrote: [James Stroud wrote:] >>Also, you shouldn't use "1", I mean "l", as a variable name. It gets confusing >>because "l", I mean "1", looks a lot like "1", I mean "l". > > I have seen the same warnning above significantly several times. > Is this problem originally came from the similarities between 'l' and > '1' > or from bad looking news-browser? > Forgive me if it is out of your interests.
In many, many fonts 'l' and '1' look close enough to be easily mistaken for one another, especially for people whose vision isn't perfect. The problem exists in the fonts people view and edit code with, not just newsreaders. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
