Re: [Tutor] Logging exceptions, but getting stderr output instead

2016-05-26 Thread Terry Carroll
On Wed, 25 May 2016, Alex Hall wrote: You're not missing anything; I wasn't clear. I wasn't sure if raise or sys.exit(1) were the preferred ways, or if there was some other way I didn't know about. If you're aborting because of the exception after unsuccessfully trying to handle it, you can a

Re: [Tutor] Baffling problem with a list of objects sharing a property

2016-05-26 Thread Danny Yoo
> They are. You've stiumbled on one of those Python peculiarities of > implementation that can be useful and annoying in equal measure. > >> class Test(object): >> def __init__(self, name, paths=[]): >> self.name = name >> self.paths = paths > > When you give a function/method a default value

[Tutor] Newcomer with organizational questions

2016-05-26 Thread Max Jegers
Hi, I am a newcomer who asked a first question here at Tutor. Soon I received a very good answer from a tutor and put an effort to understand it. After that I wrote a reply with a thank you and a follow-up question, only to discover that I don’t see a way to send it. I need to say I did not wri

Re: [Tutor] Newcomer with organizational questions

2016-05-26 Thread Ben Finney
Max Jegers writes: > I am a newcomer who asked a first question here at Tutor. Soon I > received a very good answer from a tutor and put an effort to > understand it. Welcome, and I'm glad you had a positive experience finding help here! > After that I wrote a reply with a thank you and a follo

Re: [Tutor] Newcomer with organizational questions

2016-05-26 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 26/05/16 23:34, Max Jegers wrote: > that I wrote a reply with a thank you and a follow-up question, only to > discover that I don’t see a way to send it. A mailing list works by email, so you reply as you would to any email. If you use Reply it goes to the person who sent the email. If you use