[Python-Dev] Re: logging package -- rename warn to warning?
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:17:05 -0500
> I would characterize "fatal" as misleading, and "critical" as
> accurate. "Fatal" implies "death", as in process termination, or
> sys.exit(), or at least an exception being raised. It's an
> important distinction, well worth the extra 3 letters.
I expected this response, hence my (joking) use of "political
correctness". I don't think the subtlety is worth using a less common
word.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)