Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Stupid Python tricks Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:00:32 -0700 Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <5684a63b$0$1595$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5684c69a$0$1589$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de CzEXYvr20v0GugeOVDJ79QB/aCAlNcrIhCPVP1pifhGA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'wed,': 0.15; 'thu,': 0.15; '11:09': 0.16; "peters'": 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'to:addr:pearwood.info': 0.16; "to:name:steven d'aprano": 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '>': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'dec': 0.23; 'tim': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.24; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "d'aprano": 0.33; 'steven': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'johnson': 0.37; 'one,': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'still': 0.40; 'from:no real name:2**0': 0.60; '30,': 0.63; 'yes!': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=ISEG1kbCapz/C2vkqZA5Yp8z1+lTd0cPydxazodONAY=; b=sZ16GzgRaazPCMDCG/M02jJt6idEtzUgjqYX9PyFr9jgXcKwNgfUh55alaHOJzuyu2 23akq7r/DCrha+A51a99+jYYM/qA8sApnZqNnbftABlfcqTPkxALYcxV0XSUi9w1Udaj EjXDPYPFX9Y/5iXL3eOslkGG9ctCRPVZC0fximjThGMqbimnAzAOYEkqEPJG76uiUG3C vI2bEjJHt07yFb2vdHApYO7EHFakAv7rMF5O/830qZicNSH4M0GLD+xaLYJRsUamb8oe j/n1shXrzvaZCrp8izzPidjstOxHcLjwTK9MWD9C531uCuTbYqtDrnxgLu5LGRP1nmHo V31A== X-Received: by 10.112.180.138 with SMTP id do10mr1060582lbc.127.1451674851375; Fri, 01 Jan 2016 11:00:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5684c69a$0$1589$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20+ X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:101108 On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:02 pm, Rick Johnson wrote: > > >> Fifteen years later, and Tim Peters' Stupid Python Trick is still the > >> undisputed champion! > > > > And should we be happy about that revelation, or sad? > > Yes! > > Which one, Steve? Happy or sad?