Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 12 May 2006 14:30:12 -0000, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > On 2006-05-12, Sybren Stuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > placid enlightened us with: > > >>> Did you read the documentation for Queue methods? > > >> > > >> there is no need to be patronizing about this dude, im just learning > > >> Python in my spare time, as im a Intern Software Engineer > > > > > > There is nothing patronizing about the question, it's merely > > > an enquiry to a possible fact. If you're going to be a techie, > > > you should learn stuff like that. > > > > It's also valuable information to the maintainers of the > > documentation. If he _did_ read the documentation and still > > didn't know that Queue.get() could block, then one might ask > > how the documentation could be improved. > > If it means anything -- I typically do bring up the help files and > cut&paste the relevant paragraph. But I had a 24-hour backlog and it was > late at night so a straight off-the-cuff entry was made. Though I > suppose one could go back to the "smart questions" FAQ, and have > suggested the original poster tell us what documentation was read in > search of a solution prior to their post (in which case my short > response could be interpreted as a less than subtle hint to read the > references first).
telling me to read the documentation would have been a good reminder dude! > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ > (Bestiaria Support Staff: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/ thanks again for all of you who replied with great answers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
