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Re: try/exception - error block

References <mailman.12586.1407076172.18130.python-list@python.org> <roy-84A7AB.10391903082014@news.panix.com> <mailman.12587.1407077774.18130.python-list@python.org> <roy-B7CB2F.12270103082014@news.panix.com>
Date 2014-08-04 02:42 +1000
Subject Re: try/exception - error block
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.12590.1407084134.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> It says there, "most readers will stop reading by 100 lines of code".  I
> guess I have a short attention span relative to "most readers", because
> my tl;dnr threshold is a lot shorter than that.

"by" 100 lines includes everyone who stops at 10 lines, 40 lines, or
80 lines, too. What it means is that if you post >100 lines of code,
you've lost most of your audience.

ChrisA

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try/exception - error block bruce <badouglas@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 10:29 -0400
  Re: try/exception - error block Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-03 10:39 -0400
    Re: try/exception - error block Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-03 15:55 +0100
      Re: try/exception - error block Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-08-03 12:27 -0400
        Re: try/exception - error block Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-04 02:42 +1000
        Re: try/exception - error block Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-04 15:12 +0000
    Re: try/exception - error block CHIN Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 14:13 -0700
    Re: try/exception - error block Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-08-05 09:04 +1000
  Re: try/exception - error block Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-04 11:41 +1000

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