On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 14:16, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In calling something "demented" I'm coming off > the namespace used around genres of cartoon. > Cartoons I'd consider demented: > Pinky and the Brain
and their hosts, the Animaniacs > Ren and Stimpy > Teenage Aqua Hunger Force (Kevin Altis of PythonCard a fan) Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Number 1 in the hood, man) > SpongeBob SquarePants > ... Spaceghost Coast-to-Coast Sealab 2021 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Invader Zim South Park The Simpsons Futurama Family Guy Huri-kuri Suupaa Miruku Chan (Super Milk Chan) Bobobo-bo-bobobo Urusai Yatsura and, as you say, ..., in a tradition going back to Aristophanes, and to distant prehistory. Saw a flea Kick a tree, Fubba-wubba Fubba-wubba. Saw a flea kick a tree, Fubba-wubba John. Saw a flea Kick a tree In the middle of the sea, Singin' Old Blind Drunk John, Fubba-wubba John. > (see clips on Youtube for any/all) > Synonyms for demented: zany, surreal > Relevant: links to "grossology" in EuroPython > presentation: > http://www.4dsolutions.net/presentations/connectingthedots.pdf > (see string.Template Mad Libs) > Likewise, Demented Python serves a didactic function, > here to remind about the decorator: > def sillystrip( f ): > if f.__doc__: > f.__doc__ = "Your function has been hacked!" > else: > f.__doc__ = "You should always have a docstring." > return f > @sillystrip > def square( x ): > """could also be a triangle""" > return x * x > def _test(): > frank = 2 > joe = square (frank) # frank is kinda square > print("Hello Joe, Frank here.") > print(square.__doc__) > > if __name__ == "__main__": > _test() > > Usage: >>>> ================================ RESTART >>>> ================================ >>>> > Hello Joe, Frank here. > Your function has been hacked! > Then comment out the docstring in the def of square. >>>> ================================ RESTART >>>> ================================ >>>> > Hello Joe, Frank here. > You should always have a docstring. Defensive programming: <Pseudocode> Case: True:... Case: False:... Else: Print("This can't happen.") </> > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
