On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:30 AM Ricky Teachey <ri...@teachey.org> wrote: >> >> (Rhetorical question:) How could my_int_maker(1, 00, 23) return 10023? > > > Sorry I haven't been on the list long: does "rhetorical question" mean the > same thing to the Dutch as to Americans? ;) >
Not sure about Dutch and American usage, but where I grew up, it means "I'm asking this question, not because I want an answer, but because I want you to think about the question". ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/WW5SISPNJ7ZZ45IZF745SKPP4OHX4HFX/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
