Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 282 Implementation
"Vinay Sajip" vinay_sajip@red-dove.com writes:
I only found 2 uses of "needful" - in BufferingHandler and ConfigStreamHandler. It's the whole phrase "do the needful", which I think is peculiar to England but has its share of users on the subcontinent :-)
I've never heard it before, having lived my whole life in England...
The meaning's pretty obvious, though.
Cheers, M.
A Google search on "do the needful" suggests that the phrase is indeed popular on the subcontinent: associated with top hits are names like Ibrahim Hunkunti, Lord Sri Krishna, India's National Newspaper, an astrology site run by Mr. Harsh Nigram, Pakistan, Nepal, ... You get the picture.
I'm fine if Vinay leaves it in! It definitely sounded funny to me, but it's not broken English -- it's cultural diversity.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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