On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, not a bug. Don't be too quick to blame your tools!
Well said, Kent. Here's a generic tip to anyone learning Python. I learned Python after working professionally with several languages for many years, including Java and Delphi, and I can say that Python is *very* well designed, is implemented with the highest standards of software engineering and caters to a rigorous and expert audience. It is **extremely** unlikely that you will ever find a bug in the interpreter or the built-ins if you are using a released version of Python. I've been using Python professionally since 1998 and I never stumbled upon a single bug anywhere in a released Python distribution. Of course, there are bugs and even security hot-fixes are issued from time to time. But I've never been affected by a Python bug in my projects. So it's better to assume that any strange behaviour is actually some misunderstanding on your part than a bug. Cheers, Luciano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
