[patch] tiny documentation fix

Martin Pool martinpool at gmail.com
Wed Nov 2 19:59:06 GMT 2005


On 01/11/05, Jamie Wilkinson <jaq at spacepants.org> wrote:
> One sentence in HACKING sent shivers down my spine.

Hi Jamie,

=== modified file 'HACKING'
--- HACKING
+++ HACKING
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 Destructors
 -----------

-Python destructors (``__del__``) work rather differently from in other
+Python destructors (``__del__``) work differently than those of other
 languages.  In particular, bear in mind that destructors may not be called
 immediately when the object apparently becomes unreferenced, and that
 there are tight restrictions on what can be done inside them.

As far as I know 'differently from' is correct, though 'different to'
might be better here.  No?

--
Martin




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