`setup.py install` is the base standard install method for Python projects. I found myself wanting to uninstall one of these projects the other day. Turns out it doesn't support uninstall, but Google's top result is a Stackoverflow answer with ~250 votes that says [it can be done no problem](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1550226/python-setup-py-uninstall).
`setup.py install` is the base standard install method for Python projects. I found myself wanting to uninstall one of these projects the other day. Turns out it doesn't support uninstall, but Google's top result is a Stackoverflow answer with ~250 votes that says [it can be done no problem](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1550226/python-setup-py-uninstall).
-What it doesn't say is that it will silently fail / delete the wrong files when filenames have spaces, along with other important limitations. I looked around at all the other answers and links from google and there was no better answer. How does this happen for a widely used package inluded in Python for at least [15 years](http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/61c91c7f101b/Lib/distutils)?
+What it doesn't say is that it will silently fail / delete the wrong files when filenames have spaces, along with other important limitations. I looked around at all the other answers and links from google and there was no better answer. How does this happen for a widely used package included in Python for at least [15 years](http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/61c91c7f101b/Lib/distutils)?
It’s pretty standard fair: uninstall has spotty support across a great many installation technologies. I won't try to draw some broad conclusion.
It’s pretty standard fair: uninstall has spotty support across a great many installation technologies. I won't try to draw some broad conclusion.
-The result is 92 terms which can work the same in a conversation (unless your votes/comments say otherwise). And that doesn't even consider whether to say someting _is_ O(n²), _has_ O(n²), or _is of_ O(n²).
+The result is 92 terms which can work the same in a conversation (unless your votes/comments say otherwise). And that doesn't even consider whether to say something _is_ O(n²), _has_ O(n²), or _is of_ O(n²).
The list is a bit long, so I put them in javascript and made some buttons.
The list is a bit long, so I put them in javascript and made some buttons.
@@ -18,7+18,7 @@ Removal of "of" was slightly less popular (except for "order" which was basicall
As I noted, opinions were split, with ~55% "sounds good", ~25% "sounds ok", and ~20% "sounds wrong or confusing" for each. For people who liked one of these four, they also had a preference for its minor variations, but felt average for the other three.
As I noted, opinions were split, with ~55% "sounds good", ~25% "sounds ok", and ~20% "sounds wrong or confusing" for each. For people who liked one of these four, they also had a preference for its minor variations, but felt average for the other three.
-"big oh of n squared" did have an edge, which I think is at least partially due to the fact that I used O(n²) when writting about the topic. In a proper experiment, I would have interviewed people verbally and used a random term to introduce the topic.
+"big oh of n squared" did have an edge, which I think is at least partially due to the fact that I used O(n²) when writing about the topic. In a proper experiment, I would have interviewed people verbally and used a random term to introduce the topic.
There weren't any words that stood out as universally disliked, although a few awkward combinations rounded the bottom with 60% "sounds wrong or confusing." I would recommend using one of the above, or a variation, which is still about 20 options.
There weren't any words that stood out as universally disliked, although a few awkward combinations rounded the bottom with 60% "sounds wrong or confusing." I would recommend using one of the above, or a variation, which is still about 20 options.