In article <mailman.4653.1388121800.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > There's lists like that for names and genders too. As in, what do you > > mean there are people who don't have exactly two names and one gender? > > And addresses, too. The only way to reliably query the user for an > address is with a single field in which s/he may type anything at > all... and that freedom includes the possibility of making a right > hash of it and having delivery fail. > > ChrisA You're assuming people *have* addresses. A bunch of years ago (I'm probably dating myself), there was a legal ruling in New York that having an address was not a requirement to register to vote. The case in question had to do with a homeless person who was refused registration because he didn't have an address. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list