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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:01:06 +1000
Subject: Re: Working with decimals
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> I love this list. We can go off on a ridiculously long tangent, simply
>> because I said that it's only *usually* best to put imports at the top
>> of the file. We all agree that it normally is indeed best to hoist
>> them, and here we are, arguing over measurement methods on whether or
>> not there's ever any benefit to importing inside a function.
>>
>> Yep, the Cheshire Cat was right. We're all mad here!
>
> Speak for yourself! I'm not here, I'm over there.

Of course you are. But thanks to the wonders of quantum entanglement,
your madness and my madness are intrinsically linked. It's like
Unicode String Theory, in that nobody understands it, but it's really
really important.

ChrisA