[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2010/4/30 Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
>>> 2010/4/30 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
>>>> Jesse Noller <jnoller <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Consider this a plaintitive -1 to any sort of rule-or-decision based
>>>>> on committee.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd much rather a 2x4 to the forehead.
>>>>
>>>> Oops, sorry but what does "a 2x4 to the forehead" mean?
>>>> (and "plaintitive" by the way?)
>>>
>>> The former means being hit by a board and by the latter, he probably
>>> means "plaintive" meaning melancholy.
>>>
>>
>> Does it only work for english speaking non-metric system users? (2x4
>> is probably something imperial)
>
> Yes, that's a 5,04 by 10,08 for you. :)

Of course "2 by 4" is just the name. The actual measurements of such a
piece of lumber in the store are about 1.75 by 3.75 inch. :-)

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