On Thu, May 18, 2017, at 01:14, Hobson Lane wrote:
> Because `.format()` is a method on an instantiated `str` object in e and
> so
> must return the same type
That it *must* return the same type is overstating the matter. Split
returns a list (and, rather like %, the list is of unicode or str
obje
Hi,
This is not a general Python question but about a specific detail: *Why
doesn't Python's _multiprocessing.SemLock have 'name'?*
I posted the question on Stack Overflow but so far haven't got any
response. The link is here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/44036757/why-doesnt-pythons-multip
Yea, *must* probably should have been *should (unless indicated by the
method name)*. I forgot about the many methods that don't. But the names of
these methods, like `split()`, imply the types that they return.
Your example reminded me of the convention (outside python core) to name
getters and s
