In article <54878f8a$0$13010$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I really think you guys are trying too hard to make this function seem more > complicated than it is. If you find it so hard to understand a simple > function with four short lines, one wonders how you would possibly cope > with real code. Well, look at it this way. You've got several folks here (I count Terry, Ned, Chris, and myself) all saying, "We find this confusing", and you're saying, "nobody should find this confusing". I suppose one possible explanation for this dichotomy is that we're all incapable of dealing with real code. Yeah, that must be it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list