On 2011.07.06 06:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Phlip wrote: > > > Note the fix also avoids comparing to None, which, as usual, is also > > icky and less typesafe! > > "Typesafe"? Are you trying to make a joke? Maybe he has a duck phobia. Maybe he denies the existence of ducks. Maybe he doesn't like the sound of ducks. Maybe he just weighs the same as a duck. In any case, duck tolerance is necessary to use Python effectively.
On a side note, it turns out there's no word for the fear of ducks. The closest phobia is anatidaephobia, which is the fear of being /watched/ by a duck. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
