Re: Descriptors vs Property

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2016-03-14 10:16 -0700
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Subject	Re: Descriptors vs Property
From	Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>

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On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 9:06:01 PM UTC+5:30, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 13/03/2016 13:20, Veek. M wrote:
> > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> >
> >>>>    Nobility lies in action, not in name.
> >>>>      --Surak
> >
> > Someone called Ned.B who i know elsewhere spoke on your behalf. I'm glad
> > to say I like/trust Ned a bit so *huggles* to you, and I shall snip.
> >
> > Also, sorry about the 'Steve' thing - bit shady dragging in crap from
> > elsewhere but my reputation here is not sterling (too many Q not many
> > A), so I tend to defend it willy-nilly. Sorry for the excess BP I may
> > have caused as well. One more *huggles* to you.
> >
> > All the huggling doesn't imply i trust you etc etc. Ah umm.. anyway :p
> > ciao till my next Q
> >
> 
> Please ignore 'PointedEars', every month or so for some weird reason he 
> complains about people not using their real names.  Why?  I've no idea, 
> but I suggest that you don't ask him or we'll be here until Doomsday.

Anyhow what's a 'real name'??
Why is the name my friends call me by more/less real than the one my parents
call me?   And even parents keep changing their preferences -- nicknames etc!

Yeah there is a name on my passport stamped by some government (so-called)... What of it?

If we apply Thomas' own aphorism -- Nobility lies in action, not in name --
hardly any government would pass.

What of people who dont have passports/bank accounts etc?
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

Not to mention that when a genuine malign-intent change of name is effected
it is certain to 'pass' the real name test

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Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:29 +0530
  Re: Descriptors vs Property Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 17:05 +1100
  Re: Descriptors vs Property Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 23:12 -0700
    Re: Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:54 +0530
      Re: Descriptors vs Property Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 17:35 +1100
      Re: Descriptors vs Property Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 23:37 -0700
  Re: Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:50 +0530
    Re: Descriptors vs Property Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-12 18:13 +0100
      Re: Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 12:48 +0530
        Re: Descriptors vs Property Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-13 10:25 +0100
          Re: Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 15:26 +0530
            Re: Descriptors vs Property Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-13 11:35 +0100
              Re: Descriptors vs Property "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 18:50 +0530
                Re: Descriptors vs Property Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-13 19:15 +0100
                Re: Descriptors vs Property Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-14 15:34 +0000
                Re: Descriptors vs Property Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 10:16 -0700
                Re: Descriptors vs Property Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-16 01:53 +0100
  Re: Descriptors vs Property Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-03-16 08:15 -0700

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