[issue21125] traceback.extract_tb says "quadruple" when it means "tuple"
New submission from Glenn Maynard: https://docs.python.org/2/library/traceback.html "A “pre-processed” stack trace entry is a quadruple (filename, line number, function name, text) representing the information that is usually printed for a stack trace." There's no such thing as a "quadruple". This should be "tuple". ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 215326 nosy: Glenn.Maynard, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: traceback.extract_tb says "quadruple" when it means "tuple" _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
R. David Murray added the comment: A google for quadruple got me wikipedia as the first hit, with this as the match text: "Quadruple may refer to: A 4-tuple, ..." So, it's tech-speak. The alternative would be to say either "a 4-tuple" or "a tuple of four elements". I'm fine with someone making that change, but I don't think it is terrible that the word is used the way it is. ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I'll make the change to 4-tuple. ---------- assignee: docs@python -> rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1c112eb4eb56 by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7': Issue 21125: minor wording tweak. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c112eb4eb56 ---------- nosy: +python-dev _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset dfa399e74fcf by Raymond Hettinger in branch '3.4': Issue 21125: minor documentation tweak. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dfa399e74fcf ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: Thanks for the bug report, Glenn. ---------- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21125> _______________________________________
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