[Python-checkins] peps: Combine the two explanations of the term 'dunder'

[nick.coghlan]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/895942e1fab3
changeset:   4018:895942e1fab3
user:        Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date:        Fri Jan 27 20:58:39 2012 +1000
summary:
  Combine the two explanations of the term 'dunder'

files:
  pep-0408.txt |  7 ++++---
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0408.txt b/pep-0408.txt
--- a/pep-0408.txt
+++ b/pep-0408.txt
@@ -242,9 +242,10 @@
 
 It was proposed [1]_ to use a package name like ``preview`` or ``exp``, instead
 of ``__preview__``.  This was rejected in the discussion due to the special
-meaning a "dunder" (double-underscore) package name (a name *with* leading and
-trailing underscores) conveys in Python.  Besides, a non-dunder name indicates
-stability, which is not the intention of the ``__preview__`` package.
+meaning a "dunder" package name (that is, a name *with* leading and
+trailing double-underscores) conveys in Python.  Besides, a non-dunder name
+would suggest normal standard library API stability guarantees, which is not
+the intention of the ``__preview__`` package.
 
 
 Preserving pickle compatibility

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