[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 279
David Abrahams
David Abrahams" <david.abrahams@rcn.com
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:00:15 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick K. O'Brien" <pobrien@orbtech.com>
> Maybe a more generous dictionary would help. <0.5 wink>
>
> http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=enumerate
>
> Included in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary are phrases
such as:
>
> "to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to
> mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate
account of"
>
> Sounds close enough to me. Extremely close, actually.
I agree.
> And I don't think
> we'll find anything better.
Enumerat's OK with me, but I want to put in another plug for itemize(),
which is in the thesaurus as a synonym. Think of what an itemized list
is, for example:
1. foo
2. bar
3. baz
4. ...
-Dave