On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Dave Angel <da...@davea.name> wrote: > You were thinking of the OOP-sense of the word, but you didn't say it. So > the listener might choose to figure you meant "method" as in "technique". > After all the word style is used in its English meaning, even though Word > documents can have styles. > > You're quite right that once we're thinking in the OOPS-sense, there's no > ambiguity. But I figure a few words more were needed to make sure the > listener is in sync. And the easiest way to make sure it's clear we mean a > class-method is to name the class. If it were being written, the > parentheses might be enough. But parentheses are usually silent when > speaking. >
I see, thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
