On 19/07/13 04:46, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла):
I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
trusted typography source (for US English, please, punctuation
pref
Hi,
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> What type of dash is preferable in the documentation? The en dash (–) or the
> em dash (—)?
>
Both should be used where appropriate [0]. The em dash is more
common, however "--" (commonly used to indicate the em dash in e.g.
emails)
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Richard Oudkerk wrote:
> On 18/07/2013 7:55pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>> This may well be a relic from times when in typewritten text there
>> were really only two types of dashes: a short one, typed as a hyphen,
>> used for both hyphen and en-dash (and minus
On 18/07/2013 7:55pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
This may well be a relic from times when in typewritten text there
were really only two types of dashes: a short one, typed as a hyphen,
used for both hyphen and en-dash (and minus sign), and a long one,
typed as two hyphens, used for em-dash.
I susp
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> 18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла):
>
>> I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
>> for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
>> trusted typography source (for US English
On Jul 18, 2013 1:46 PM, "Serhiy Storchaka" wrote:
>
> 18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла):
>
>> I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
>> for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
>> trusted typography source (for US English, ple
18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла):
I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
trusted typography source (for US English, please, punctuation
preferences vary by locale). E.g. Google for "em
I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
trusted typography source (for US English, please, punctuation
preferences vary by locale). E.g. Google for "em dash en dash".
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:38 A
On 7/18/2013 9:15 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote:
In 3.x
"string" means "str", "bytes" means "bytes", "bytes-like object" means
"any object that supports the buffer protocol" [0] (including bytes).
"string and bytes-like object" includes all of them.
I don't think we need to introduce new terms.
I a
Does Python build system support cross-compiling? NaCl projects seems to
have problem with that. Just thought you might be interested to know about
it.
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What type of dash is preferable in the documentation? The en dash (–) or
the em dash (—)?
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote:
> I don't think we need to introduce new terms.
+1
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>
> BTW, I suggest that Terry's usage of "string" (to mean "str or bytes"
> in 3.x, "unicode or str" in 2.x) be adopted, and Guido's "stringish"
> be given expanded meaning, including buffer objects.
"string" means "str", "bytes" me
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