Observations on the List - "Be More Kind"

2018-10-05 Thread Bruce Coram
to recognise that you are being played.  The intemperate tone of some of the exchanges damages the reputation of the List. Life is hard enough without us adding to it.  Try silence as a response. Listen to Frank Turner's latest album: "Be More Kind".   That is not a plug to buy t

Unexpected Behaviour using unittest

2008-02-22 Thread Bruce Coram
The code fragment below shows what appears to be inconsistent behaviour. The code is testing that messages are created correctly and that an instances of a class is created correctly. It checks that all of the expected addresses are used (contained in addresslist) and that all of the message

Re: new style class

2007-12-12 Thread Bruce Coram
c Raymond's advice is good or very good. I have no desire to to indulge in online verbal brawling but please take more care in drafting a reply, particularly in a situation where your interpretation of my post might lead others who post to believe that I thought them rude, hostile or arrogan

Re: new style class

2007-12-08 Thread Bruce Coram
in not only providing an excuse for poor behaviour but almost actively encouraging it. This is a pity since the essence of the document is very good advice. Bruce Coram -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: c[:]()

2007-06-02 Thread Bruce Coram
pretentious person who is so self absorbed that he is mentally incapable of seeing the hollowness of his ideas. Either way it's probably not worth spending any more time on him. All that needs to be said has been. This thread is bare. Exit Bruce Coram > 2007/6/1, Warren Stringer <[EMAI