Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Bryan Olson wrote:
>
>
>>So is consistency; it ain't Perl, thank Guido.
>
> consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Look up that saying. Any clues?
>>Python now has, what, three built-in mutable collections types:
>>lists, dictionaries, and sets. Dicts and sets both have a clear()
>>method and lists do not.
>
> dicts and sets are mappings, and lists are not.
Sets are mappings? Look up the terms, or check the library doc:
http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html
> mappings don't
> support slicing. lists do.
Do they all have an empty state? Can you figure out what a clear()
method for lists should do, just from what it does for sets and
dicts?
> are you sure you know Python ?
Why would you post a messages like that?
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