Steve, You are correct that I worry too much about types. It's *really* hard not to - having so many years of C in my head (and I am not exactly a programmer).
I realize that "if you don't understand duck typing, you don't really understand Python" - and that's why I am struggling to learn about this. It's hard to writing a routine and not thinking what kind of parameters will be passed down from above. In the old days, we go out of the way to do that so programs don't fail in mysterous ways. "Steve Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > it's me wrote: > > > Okay, Nick, I didn't know you can pass a "Class" rather then an instance. I > > have to chew on what your example does. > > > > But no, I want to pass an instance of a Class. But how do I know that the > > calling routine *did* pass me a class - pardon me: an instance of a Class? > > > You should Google for "duck typing" and stop worrying so much about what > your functions//methods have been passed. > > At least, that's the traditional Python approach. I suspect you are > still trying to program in C in Python :-) > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/ > Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/ > Holden Web LLC +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
