On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Steven D'Aprano [101211 17:20]:
>> Tim Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> I've never had the occasion to use assert() or any other
>>> python - shooting tools, any thoughts on that?
>>
>>
>> Assertions are a great tool, but never ever, under pain of
* Steven D'Aprano [101211 17:20]:
> Tim Johnson wrote:
>
>> I've never had the occasion to use assert() or any other
>> python - shooting tools, any thoughts on that?
>
>
> Assertions are a great tool, but never ever, under pain of great pain,
> use assert for testing user input or function
Tim Johnson wrote:
I've never had the occasion to use assert() or any other
python - shooting tools, any thoughts on that?
Assertions are a great tool, but never ever, under pain of great pain,
use assert for testing user input or function arguments.
It's tempting to knock up a quick a
* Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> [101211 03:41]:
> (1) the method is spelt __getitem__ (two leading and two trailing
> underscores)
>
> (2) the left side is a python string with legal "%(...)s"-style format
> expressions. Given a format string
>
> s = "%(s.upper())s"
>
> try to feed it a real
Tim Johnson wrote:
> This is a resend. I note that the original had an incorrect
> `reply-to' ID attached to it. (sorry)
> --
> I'm using Python 2.6.5.
> The following problem is coming from inside of a complex code base
> and involve
