Re: Argument of the bool function

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Argument of the bool function
Date	2011-04-10 03:35 +0000
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On 2011-04-09, Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/09/11 08:59, candide wrote:
>> Le 09/04/2011 00:03, Ethan Furman a ?crit :
>> 
>>>  > bool([x])

>> dir([object])

>> Not very meaningful, isn't it ?
>
> The error says it unambiguously, dir() does not take *keyword*
> arguments; instead dir() takes *positional* argument:
>
>     dir("Explicit is better than implicit")

I think the point is that both cases are documented exactly the same.

-- 
Grant

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Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-08 18:26 +0200
  Re: Argument of the bool function Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-04-08 12:41 -0400
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 14:54 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 23:02 +1000
        Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-10 12:21 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2011-04-10 13:51 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-11 09:46 +1000
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-11 16:00 -0700
  Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-08 16:42 +0000
  Re: Argument of the bool function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-08 10:43 -0600
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-08 23:32 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-08 15:03 -0700
        Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-09 00:59 +0200
          Re: Argument of the bool function Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 15:45 +1000
            Re: Argument of the bool function Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-10 03:35 +0000
              Re: Argument of the bool function rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 21:15 -0700
                Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 01:22 -0500
          Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 18:22 -0500
            Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 02:33 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-09 07:57 +1000

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