On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, John Fouhy wrote: > Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally...
No, it wasn't a dumb question. I remember wondering about "quit" some time ago: if Python can see your "command" quit, why doesn't it just quit, instead of telling you how to quit with Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-D, or whatever? That got me looking into it, and I discovered that EOF is the Python exit; and adding a string variable named "quit" whose output would be displayed is essentially a "courtesy" to a new user (someone like me, at the time) stumbling around trying to quit the interpreter. So, I figured "copyright" was probably the same sort of thing, so I knew where to look. It's never a cause for embarassment to ask for an explanation of something you don't yet understand. It's often the only way you get to understand it. I've learned a lot by not caring if I look dumb. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
