Andreas Waldenburger wrote: > On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:54:13 -0500 Pat <p...@junk.net> wrote: > >> Terry Reedy wrote: >>> Pat wrote: >>>> Andreas Waldenburger wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:27:02 -0500 Pat <p...@junk.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Tobiah wrote: >>>>>>> Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to >>>>>>> be it's own function? I often find myself >>>>>>> typing things like my_list.len before I >>>>>>> catch myself. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Toby >>>>>> I'm surprised that no one responded to that question. >>>>>> >>>>> Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was >>>>> posted. Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy? >>>>> >>>>> regards >>>>> /W >>>>> >>>> Might be laggy. Who knows. >>>> >>>> Why didn't you answer the len() question? >>> I didn't respond because it has been asked and answered before, so >>> the answer can be found in the google archives or even maybe the >>> FAQ. >> Yes, you did respond. Aren't you the one who wrote "Might be laggy"? >> > No, I am. Pretty clear from the "From" header. ;) > > >> If you didn't feel like answering the question, why did you add an >> utterly worthless post? >> > There, there. Let's not get too excited, OK? I made an observation that > I felt might be beneficial to you (even if only marginally so). I did > not mean it as an insult. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.
Right, well let's *all* calm down, and resolve not to bother making posts that don't contribute something positive. It's not like this is a low-bandwidth group, there's always plenty going on. regards Steve who is still hoping that one day Xah Lee will post and *nobody* will reply ... -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list