[Doc-SIG] Question about SequenceMatcher.quick_ratio

[Doug Hellmann]

On May 6, 2010, at 11:27 AM, INADA Naoki wrote:

> Thank you, Branodn and  Doug for quick reply!
>
> The word "upper bound" is also used in Japan with mathematics.
>
>> I think it means that the implementation of quick_ratio() is not  
>> defined in
>> a lot of detail, except to say that the function will return a  
>> value that is
>> an upper bound of the value returned by ratio().
>
> That's the answer I wanted!!
>
> I've got "This isn't defined beyond that" means
> "This method is not defined in detail more than".
>
> I've misread that "beyond" means "over the upper bound".
> Maybe, "more" is easier than "beyond" for non-native English
> readers.

I agree that the current English phrasing is confusing to non-native  
speakers.  You should open a ticket in the tracker and ask for that  
text to be clarified.

Doug

>
> Thank you very well.
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> INADA Naoki  <songofacandy at gmail.com>
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