[Python-Dev] PEP 3147 ready for pronouncement and merging

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 4/15/2010 11:01 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>>
>>> pyc files inside of the `__pycache__` directories contain a magic
>>> identifier in their file names.  These are mnemonic tags for the
>>> actual magic numbers used by the importer.  For example, in Python
>>> 3.2, we could use the hexlified [10]_ magic number as a unique
>>
>> (Aside: when you search Wikipedia for "hexlify" it says "did you mean:
>> heavily?" :-)
>
> I regard 'hexlify', as used in binascii, to be a misspelling of 'hexify',
> whether it originated with Python or elsewhere. 'Hexify' itself may not be
> an official dictionary word but it at least follows a normal pattern of
> derivation. I have not bothered to say anything before because correcting
> the misspelling of the module function would break back compatibility. But I
> think its usage should stop there.

To the contrary, it was invented by Barry and ought to be added to the
English language as a neologism.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)