On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:17:18 +0200 Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl@gmail.com> wrote:
Abstract ========
Python has long used metasyntactic variables that are based on the consumption of meat and dairy products, such as "spam", "ham", and "eggs".
This language is not considerate to pigs or chicken and violates the spirit of the Code of Conduct. This PEP proposes to retire the use of those names in official Python documentation and source code and to recommend users of Python to do the same.
Dear Sir, I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about the PEP which has just been posted about the unseemly treatment of farm animals. My farm raised pythons are never confined to a cage, and I assure you that all mistreatment is deliberately unsystematic. Brigadier Sir Daniel Sommers, retired, Mrs.
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Oh, dear Lord, no, please don't start another emacs/vi war, let alone a lengthy line length debate.