Ben Finney wrote: > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Ben Finney wrote: >>> Which is a bug in the 'email.message' module, in my view. If it's >>> attempting to support a mapping protocol, it should allow >>> iteration the same way standard Python mappings do: by iterating >>> over the keys. >> Stop assuming that everyone sees requirements the same as you - the >> author of the email module has long years of experience, and has >> provided an excellent and overall usable piece of software. > > I don't see that this fact (which I agree is the case) in any way > makes the code immune from bugs, nor from the discussion of the > possibility. > >> Criticisms such as yours are easy (we can all experess our opinions, >> to which we are all entitled), but mere expression of an opinion >> isn't going to change anything. > > It can, though, lead to a discussion about whether it *is* a bug or > not. > > Care to contribute something other than the lashing you put into your > message? > Apart from the lashing (lashing? I take it you've never visited comp.lang.perl regularly) I think Gabriel said it well enough: there just doesn't seem to be a compelling case that "iteration over a message" should do what you apparently expected it to.
What do you actually think ... for m in msg: ... print m should do? Why do you believe that what you think it should do would be a natural choice? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
