Vladimir.Marangozov wrote:
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
I just can't believe that we can't find a more intuitive name for this function!
...and I cannot believe that you're trying to reopen this discussion once again :-(
:-) Sorry, but it was discussed during a short period of time (despite the huge number of posts in that time slice) and I wasn't really available for participating seriously in the discussion. So now I'm taking the opportunity to read the PEP without much external pression, as well as to say what I think and to think what I say.
Note that I suggested Barry to sumbit this PEP to a broader audience for collection external opinions on all aspects of the PEP. If there are several people with CS background that don't feel good with this name, there's something wrong with it.
To me, "zip" in the context of computers means compress. But it's a stupid name for compress. And one look at the args makes it obvious it's not a compress. So I expect that your typical newbie will do one, and only one "Huh??? Oh - zip as in zipper, not zip as in PKZIP" and never have to post again. wishfully-y'rs - Gordon