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Julien Palard

8 May 2020 8 May '20

3:06 a.m.

New submission from Julien Palard : Geoff Cutter noticed via docs@ that escape is not defined in the glossary. I concur with the idea of adding it, opening as an "easy" issue, even if finding a good definition might not be that easy. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation keywords: easy messages: 368382 nosy: docs@python, mdk priority: low severity: normal status: open title: Add escape to the glossary? _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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Inada Naoki

8 May 8 May

7:50 a.m.

Inada Naoki added the comment: There are many "escape"; JSON, HTML, SQL, Python string literal, ESC-key, escape sequence in the terminal, etc... Is there a consistent meaning of "escape" in the context of Python? ---------- nosy: +inada.naoki _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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Roundup Robot

29 Sep 29 Sep

2:35 a.m.

Change by Roundup Robot : ---------- keywords: +patch nosy: +python-dev nosy_count: 3.0 -> 4.0 pull_requests: +21472 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22342 _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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Raymond Hettinger

3:40 a.m.

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: For the reasons mentioned by Inada, I don't think this should be added. The term "escape" means many different things in different contexts. To the extent the term needs to be defined, it should be done in the docs for those contexts (i.e. regular expression escapes should be talked about in the regex docs). Side note: It is not the purpose of the glossary to define every term in computer science. The more fluff we add to the glossary, the harder it becomes to rely the glossary and learn Python specific terms. ---------- nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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Serhiy Storchaka

3:51 a.m.

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I concur with Raymond. Are there problems with understanding the term "escape" in some context? If yes, then we perhaps need to clarify the corresponding place in the documentation. But if there is a problem with understanding the general word "escape", I think we should not do anything. ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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Raymond Hettinger

6:37 a.m.

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: s/rely/read/ ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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A.M. Kuchling

20 Oct 20 Oct

7:38 p.m.

A.M. Kuchling added the comment: Closing issue, since the consensus is to not add the term. ---------- nosy: +akuchling resolution: -> wont fix stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue40554 _______________________________________

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A.M. Kuchling
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Raymond Hettinger
Roundup Robot
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