[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas

[Jesse Noller]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> 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. :-)
>

We americans round up! (all the time)