[patch] tiny documentation fix

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Wed Nov 2 20:12:14 GMT 2005


Martin Pool wrote:
> 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?

"differently from other languages" would be okay, but I don't believe
"diffenently from in other" is correct.

John
=:->

> 
> --
> Martin
> 
> 

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