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Thu Feb 9 16:43:28 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/060611.html

On 2/9/06, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>     Greg> I agree that "hint" is a more precise name.
>
> Ditto.  In addition, we already have queues.  Do we really need to use a
> homonym that means something entirely different?  (Hint: consider the added
> difficulty for non-native English speakers).

Right. As a non-native speaker I can confirm that for English
learners, "cue" is a bit mysterious at first while "hint" is obvious.

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