[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Change by Ravi Chityala : -- resolution: -> rejected stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-b

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: 'Clockwise' and 'counterclockwise'* refer to an object either continuously spinning on an axis or possibly moving in a circle. An object in linear motion turns right or left. This is especially true for an organism or object with left or right sides#, and

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Ravi Chityala added the comment: Hello All In math and physics we typically use terms clockwise and anti-clockwise and not right and left for rotation. This change will make it easy for kids to learn the terms that they will eventually use in math and physics anyway. The change I am proposing

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 09:55:40AM +, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > If clockwise is a new > standard for this command in modern Turtle implementation, we can add > yet one alias. Otherwise I agree with Raymond. I had a very quick look at some Logo implemen

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Actually there are many aliases in the turtle module following the early Logo traditions. For example rt=right. If clockwise is a new standard for this command in modern Turtle implementation, we can add yet one alias. Otherwise I agree with Raymond.

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Eric V. Smith added the comment: I think having two ways to do the same thing in a module targeted toward beginners would be too confusing. -- nosy: +eric.smith ___ Python tracker __

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: As a new feature, it can only go into 3.10. All other versions have reached feature-freeze and can accept no new features. We might argue that rotations should have always been written as "anticlockwise" and "clockwise", but they are long and verbose, and i

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: What other Turtle graphics implementations use commands clockwise and anticlockwise? Is it popular enough? -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker _

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: This doesn't seem useful to me. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-li

[issue42302] [Turtle] Add clockwise and anticlockwise method as alias to right and left

New submission from Ravi Chityala : The current implementation of turtle.py has right and left method for rotation. Another approach to view rotation is either clockwise or anticlockwise. These two methods can be an alias to right and left respectively. -- components: Library (Lib) m