[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/lib/python/ZODB - FileStorage.py:1.98.2.1

[Toby Dickenson]

On Thursday 07 November 2002 1:27 pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > > That's exactly the problem.  If lots of people don't realize that
> > > Python is a reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus, how can we
> > > expect them to know about George Bailey?
> >
> > I dont think they need to.
> >
> > This type of object is sufficiently complicated to deal with that I
> > think they need a *name*. A description like 'uncreated object' isnt
> > enough. Someone new to this concept will read the description,
> > understand the description, and think they understand the
> > concept. They would be wrong.
>
> The same can be said for any name we use ("object", "POSKeyError",

Yes, exactly. Noone is complaining about the fact that my neighbour has a=
 cat=20
called 'POS'. Its not a cultural reference - whether or not it started th=
at=20
way - today it is a name.=20

> But picking George Bailey as a name would be unique in
> that its name is a cultural reference rather than a reference to the
> meaning.

I agree its not the best name to have chosen, but I dont see it is=20
sufficiently broken to change.

>  if you don't know who George Bailey is, it's a lot easier to
> remember the explanation of "uncreated" once you've seen it.

For what its worth, Ive not seen the movie.=20