On 2013-12-27 12:44, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > In article <mailman.4567.1387819120.18130.python-l...@python.org>, > > Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > > > >> Mostly I don't want newbies thinking "Hey! I can use assertions > >> for all my confidence testing!" > > > > How about this one, that I wrote yesterday; > > > > assert second >= self.current_second, "time went > > backwards" > > > > I think that's pretty high up on the "can never happen" list. > > assert second >= self.current_second, "user changed the clock"
There appears to be a Whovian at the wheel... >>> from getpass import getuser >>> getuser() 'doctor4' Or perhaps a Star Trek fan: >>> from startrek.movie import episode >>> episode() 4 It's-clearly-past-my-bedtime-or-is-it-before'ly yers, -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
