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Replace the esoteric term 'datum' when describing dict comprehensions #106119

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SnoopJ commented Jun 26, 2023

This PR originates from an IRC discussion in #python on Libera.chat wherein a user was confused about the mix-and-match usage of key/value and key/datum in the official documentation.

Also worth considering as a potentially confusing ambiguity: there are several places in the docs that use the expression key value when referring to an object that is being used as a key.

Edit: Fun trivia: this language dates to the 1991 draft of the Language Reference, the term first appeared in f2612d1 by my reckoning.

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Looks good, thanks. "datum" is unnecessarily obscure.

I'll leave this open for some time in case others have comments.

@nedbat nedbat force-pushed the nedbat/no-key-datum branch from dbc8951 to 979f6f8 Compare July 3, 2023 01:37
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nedbat commented Jul 3, 2023

@JelleZijlstra thoughts?

@JelleZijlstra JelleZijlstra merged commit 987b712 into python:main Jul 3, 2023
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Thanks @nedbat for the PR, and @JelleZijlstra for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.11, 3.12.
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GH-106348 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.12 branch.

@bedevere-bot bedevere-bot removed the needs backport to 3.12 bug and security fixes label Jul 3, 2023
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GH-106349 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.11 branch.

@bedevere-bot bedevere-bot removed the needs backport to 3.11 only security fixes label Jul 3, 2023
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…ensions (GH-106119) (#106348)

Replace the esoteric term 'datum' when describing dict comprehensions (GH-106119)
(cherry picked from commit 987b712)

Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <[email protected]>
JelleZijlstra pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 3, 2023
…ensions (GH-106119) (#106349)

Replace the esoteric term 'datum' when describing dict comprehensions (GH-106119)
(cherry picked from commit 987b712)

Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <[email protected]>
carljm added a commit to carljm/cpython that referenced this pull request Jul 3, 2023
* main: (167 commits)
  pythongh-91053: make func watcher tests resilient to other func watchers (python#106286)
  pythongh-104050: Add more type hints to Argument Clinic DSLParser() (python#106354)
  pythongh-106359: Fix corner case bugs in Argument Clinic converter parser (python#106361)
  pythongh-104146: Remove unused attr 'parameter_indent' from clinic.DLParser (python#106358)
  pythongh-106320: Remove private _PyErr C API functions (python#106356)
  pythongh-104050: Annotate Argument Clinic DSLParser attributes (python#106357)
  pythongh-106320: Create pycore_modsupport.h header file (python#106355)
  pythongh-106320: Move _PyUnicodeWriter to the internal C API (python#106342)
  pythongh-61215: New mock to wait for multi-threaded events to happen (python#16094)
  Document PYTHONSAFEPATH along side -P (python#106122)
  Replace the esoteric term 'datum' when describing dict comprehensions (python#106119)
  pythongh-104050: Add more type hints to Argument Clinic DSLParser() (python#106343)
  pythongh-106320: _testcapi avoids private _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString() (python#106341)
  pythongh-106320: Add pycore_complexobject.h header file (python#106339)
  pythongh-106078: Move DecimalException to _decimal state (python#106301)
  pythongh-106320: Use _PyInterpreterState_GET() (python#106336)
  pythongh-106320: Remove private _PyInterpreterState functions (python#106335)
  pythongh-104922: Doc: add note about PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN (python#106314)
  pythongh-106217: Truncate the issue body size of `new-bugs-announce-notifier` (python#106329)
  pythongh-104922: remove PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN (python#106315)
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