[Python-Dev] FileSystemError or FilesystemError?

Laurens Van Houtven _ at lvh.cc
Tue Aug 23 22:17:34 CEST 2011


On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> On Aug 23, 2011, at 08:39 PM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
>
> >> When reviewing the PEP 3151 implementation (*), Ezio commented that
> >> "FileSystemError" looks a bit strange and that "FilesystemError" would
> >> be a better spelling. What is your opinion?
> >
> >I don't think it really matters since both "file system" and
> >"filesystem" appear to be in common usage.
> >
> >I would say +1 to "FileSystemError" -- i.e. take file system as two
> >words.
>
> My online dictionaries prefer "file system" to be two words, so for me,
> FileSystemError is preferred.
>
> -Barry
>
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+1

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cheers
lvh
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