Ten rules to becoming a Python community member.

rantingrick rantingrick at gmail.com
Sun Aug 14 13:21:59 EDT 2011


On Aug 14, 12:57 am, rantingrick <rantingr... at gmail.com> wrote:

> 9. Never use the word "previously" or the phrase "in the past"; just
> dumb it down with "used to".

I had forgot to mention one other usage of "used to":

WRONG: "I used to not like indention but know i am very used to it"
RIGHT: "Previously i lamented forced indentation but i have since
grown quite accustomed to it"

Also the usage of "supposed to" is rather foolish.

WRONG: "We are supposed to write clean code but i am not used to that"
RIGHT: "We are required to write clean code however i am not accustom
to that way of thinking.

Gawd, sometimes i feel like i'm watching an episode of squidbillies
when i read the this list.









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