[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-520325 ] Double underscore needs clarification

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Bugs item #520325, was opened at 2002-02-19 20:44
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wayne C. Smith (wcsmith)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: Double underscore needs clarification

Initial Comment:
Double underscore (DU) is pervasive in Python but
nowhere is clearly explained.  In print and onscreen
from formatted html it is visually ambiguous because
the DUs run together to appear as one.  The table in
2.3.2 of the Reference Manual 2.3a0 2/4/02 presents the
contrast with single underscore but it is subtle.  The
usage of DU should be clarified in accompanying text
and perhaps mentioned again in the Library Reference.

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