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Re: bug#6877: Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings


From: Ted Zlatanov
Subject: Re: bug#6877: Documentation: "till" vs "until" in docstrings
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:51:08 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:10:02 -0400 MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com> wrote: 

MK> While it is considered reasonable by many[1] to substitute "till" for
MK> "until" I don't see this as something to promote in the docs esp.
MK> when there is a negligible economy in using of "till" instead of "until":

Seconded.  I am repeating some of MON KEY's arguments (more concisely, I
hope) but "till" is harder to parse (being a less common alternative to
"until") and has more meanings in English.

Also many programmers are familiar with "until" as a flow control
keyword so it's a more natural word for them.

Ted
 


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