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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:14:11 +1100
Subject: Re: Proof that nobody reads the tests
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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM, chaouche yacine
<yacinechaouche@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Has anybody read the source code of
> /usr/lib/python2.7/test/inspect_fodder.py ?
>
> I wonder how did they let this into the official python distribution. I
> thought Guido was serious :) people of the PSF seem to have a certain sense
> of humour.

I don't understand your comments. It's full of Monty Python
references; that's true of large slabs of Python code and
documentation.

ChrisA