Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Use real word in English text (i.e. not code)
Hi,
summary: Use real word in English text (i.e. not code) I agree that 'arg' for 'argument is email/twitter-speak, not proper document prose.
- :synopsis: Command-line option and argument-parsing library. + :synopsis: Command-line option and argument parsing library. However, 'argument-parsing' could/should be left hyphenated as a compound adjective for the same reason 'command-line' is.
With all due respect to the fact that you’re a native speaker and I’m not, here I disagree because I parse the sentence in this way (using parens to group things by precedence, if you want): (((command-line (option and argument)) parsing) library) To paraphrase, it’s a library to parse options and arguments from the command line, not a library to parse arguments and (missing verb-ing) options from the command line. (I’m not sure I’m clear.)
An arg you missed Yes, I looked for all instances of args but not arg. Will do.
Regards
I think either Command-line option- and argument-parsing library. or Command-line option and argument parsing library. would be acceptable. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." --Samuel Langhorne Clemens
On 8/12/2011 1:17 PM, Éric Araujo wrote:
With all due respect to the fact that you’re a native speaker and I’m not, here I disagree because I parse the sentence in this way (using parens to group things by precedence, if you want):
You are right, I misparsed without considering the full context. You actually mean "Command-line option-and-argument-parsing library." But multiple compound-noun adjectives are awkward and the above is ugly. Would "Command-line library for parsing options and arguments" fit? -- Terry Jan Reedy
Terry Reedy
But multiple compound-noun adjectives are awkward and the above is ugly. Would "Command-line library for parsing options and arguments" fit?
Better, but the binding is still wrong. The “command-line” should instead be a modifier for “options and arguments”. So: Library for parsing command-line options and arguments -- \ “Please to bathe inside the tub.” —hotel room, Japan | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney
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