""" I use the word "tourist" a lot, and I think computer world is so huge that we're all tourists in big parts of it, when we wander far afield (to be encouraged -- changes are we bring back new insights, or maybe even move the home office).
A tourist in Python Nation might be a high mucky muck in the Republic of Perl (they actually have their own names for these things). ... And when you're not a tourist anymore, what are you? Maybe a neighbor, a local, or "on staff" in some way -- different terms apply, depending on the namespace. I've you're a master of Python, you might be a snake charmer in my book. """ url1 = "http://mail.python.org/pipermail/advocacy/2007-May/000243.html"; """ I had opportunity to use the above "tourism" meme in my blog the other day, with reference to Pioneer Century, an organized cycling event. In this event, I was ostensibly one of the tourists, although like most the folks in this picture, I'm also an Oregonian who motored to the event parking lot. What I wrote in my blog: Only a few cyclists marred the event by disrespecting signage and taking to the middle of a busy highway. Local motorists, always courteous, put a bright face on these antics, accepting that some tourists may be prone to goofy behavior. """ url2 = "http://mail.python.org/pipermail/advocacy/2007-May/000243.html"; """ Tinkering: """ >>> class Weird(str): def __new__(cls, arg): return str.__new__(cls, arg) def __mul__(self, arg): return self[arg] >>> somestring = Weird("this is a string") >>> somestring*10 's' >>> somestring*4:6 SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> somestring*(4:6) SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> slice <type 'slice'> >>> someslice = slice(5,7) >>> somestring*someslice 'is' >>> """ Kirby """ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
