Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> Perfectly valid answer -- there are no fish as there is no
> Atlantic sea
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Once in the distant past, there were no fish in what would become the
> Atlantic Ocean (not sea)
What's with the bias against the word 'sea'?
sea
–noun
1. the salt w
Simon Brunning writes:
> 2009/11/1 Steven D'Aprano :
> >
> > The only stupid question is the one you are afraid to ask.
>
> I was once asked, and I quote exactly, "are there any fish in the
> Atlantic sea?"
>
> That's pretty stupid. ;-)
Not at all. The person asking the question might be ignoran
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:26:49 +, Simon Brunning wrote:
> 2009/11/1 Steven D'Aprano :
>>
>> The only stupid question is the one you are afraid to ask.
>
> I was once asked, and I quote exactly, "are there any fish in the
> Atlantic sea?"
>
> That's pretty stupid. ;-)
Once in the distant past,
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:59:32 -0800, Ethan Furman
wrote:
Simon Brunning wrote:
2009/11/1 Steven D'Aprano :
The only stupid question is the one you are afraid to ask.
I was once asked, and I quote exactly, "are there any fish in the
Atlantic sea?"
That's pretty stupid. ;-)
Are there
Simon Brunning wrote:
2009/11/1 Steven D'Aprano :
The only stupid question is the one you are afraid to ask.
I was once asked, and I quote exactly, "are there any fish in the Atlantic sea?"
That's pretty stupid. ;-)
Are there any fish in the Dead Sea?
~Ethan~
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2009/11/1 Steven D'Aprano :
>
> The only stupid question is the one you are afraid to ask.
I was once asked, and I quote exactly, "are there any fish in the Atlantic sea?"
That's pretty stupid. ;-)
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Simon B.
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a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people."
The earliest source I know for that aphorism is the fictional teacher
Mister Garrisson, from South Park. Can anyone source it earlier?
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In article <02fd0c85$0$1326$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:15:48 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Many programmers I know stay away from 'lists' such as this, because
>> they are afraid to show their ignorance. Me, I'm fearless, and I have
>> learned a l
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:15:48 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
> Many programmers I know stay away from 'lists' such as this, because
> they are afraid to show their ignorance. Me, I'm fearless, and I have
> learned a lot that I might not have otherwise.
The only stupid question is the one you are afraid
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
On Friday, 30 October 2009 17:28:47 MRAB wrote:
Wouldn't it be clearer if they were called dromedaryCase and
BactrianCase? :-)
Ogden Nash:
The Camel has a single hump-
The Dromedary, two;
Or the other way around-
I'm never sure. - Are You?
If you make the first le
On 2009-10-31, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
>> Can you point me to a discussion on Idiomatic Python, CamelCase and
>> other matters?
>
<...> See PEP 8:
>
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
Got it. Thanks.
>
>>> invalid parameter shouldn
On Friday, 30 October 2009 17:28:47 MRAB wrote:
> Wouldn't it be clearer if they were called dromedaryCase and
> BactrianCase? :-)
Ogden Nash:
The Camel has a single hump-
The Dromedary, two;
Or the other way around-
I'm never sure. - Are You?
- Hendrik
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:16:29 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-10-30, Steven D'Aprano
> wrote:
>>
>> Could you explain what problem you are trying to solve?
>>
>>
>>> class formLoader():
>
> Hi Steve
> In a nutshell:
> The 'problem' is to parse a form in such a way that tags which are t
On 2009-10-30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> Could you explain what problem you are trying to solve?
>
>
>> class formLoader():
Hi Steve
In a nutshell:
The 'problem' is to parse a form in such a way that tags which are to
be modified are represented as dictionaries. The 'grunt' work is
d
MRAB wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
Steven D'Aprano writes:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
class formLoader():
Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
Or rather: Instead of camelCase names, idiomatic P
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
Steven D'Aprano writes:
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
class formLoader():
Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
Or rather: Instead of camelCase names, idiomatic Python is to u
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > class formLoader():
>
> Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
Or rather: Instead of camelCase names, idiomatic Python is to use
TitleCase names.
--
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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
>> > class formLoader():
>>
>> Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
>
> Or rather: Instead of camelCase names, idiomatic Python is to use
> Ti
Ben Finney writes:
> Steven D'Aprano writes:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > > class formLoader():
> >
> > Idiomatic Python is to use CamelCase for classes.
>
> Or rather: Instead of camelCase names, idiomatic Python is to use
> TitleCase names.
Blah, my attempt
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:37 -0500, Tim Johnson wrote:
> This is not a request for help but a request for comments: Consider the
> following code and note that 1)The initializer uses the dictionary style
> of arguments 2)The check loop executes before all of the class variables
> are declared
C
This is not a request for help but a request for comments:
Consider the following code and note that
1)The initializer uses the dictionary style of arguments
2)The check loop executes before all of the class variables
are declared
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