[Python-Dev] Re: Inconsistent error messages in Py{Object,
Sequence}_SetItem()
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Mon Oct 27 14:54:02 EST 2003
> Given the overloading of apostrophe both in English and Python, I
> think 'does not' looks slightly better than "doesn't" (which saves
> only one character and forces a change in quote marks!). So does
> consistency versus accidental variation ;-)
So who's going to change all the other occurrences of "doesn't" and
other contractions in error messages?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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