[Python-Dev] Dash

[Brian Curtin]

On Jul 18, 2013 1:46 PM, "Serhiy Storchaka" <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 18.07.13 20:48, Guido van Rossum написав(ла):
>
>> I believe there are only a few places where en-dashes should be used,
>> for most things you should use either em-dash or hyphen. Consult your
>> trusted typography source (for US English, please, punctuation
>> preferences vary by locale). E.g. Google for "em dash en dash".
>
>
> Currently Python documentation in most cases uses en-dashes. Should we
replace them to em-dashes? Should we remove spaces around dashes?
>
> Or we should replace a half-dozen of em-dashes found in Python
documentation to en-dashes?
>
> I believe all hypens used in place of dash should be replaced to dash
(but to en- or em- dash?) in any case.

Besides visual consistency in a couple of places, is there a reason to care
enough to make a wholesale change?
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