[Python-Dev] r88676 - peps/trunk/pep-0385.txt

[Raymond Hettinger]

On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:

> On 28.02.2011 20:58, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Le lundi 28 février 2011 à 13:56 -0600, Benjamin Peterson a écrit :
>>> 2011/2/28 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
>>>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:36:11 -0500
>>>> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> +  an existing branch.  The pusher then has to merge the superfetatory heads
>>>>> 
>>>>> 'superfetatory'? I have no idea of what this is, neither does
>>>>> merriam-webster.com ;-).
>>>> 
>>>> There are some Google hits, though... Not sure if they are of people
>>>> making the same mistakes as I do ;)
>>> 
>>> Endly, perhaps it will be adopted. Did you mean "superfluous" though?
>> 
>> I really meant superfetatory (it's slightly different: superfluous is
>> simply useless, while superfetatory implies that it's in excess).
> 
> Maybe "supernumerary" serves?


Plain, everyday English would serve better than using words which people need to look-up.

How about:   "The pusher should the merge extra, unused heads" or somesuch.


Raymond