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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:59:48 +1100
Subject: Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types!
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I can see some value for this as a convenience, but not enough to make it
> a built-in language feature. Every developer should have at least one
> utility module with all the trivial code snippets they frequently use.

+1. I used to call mine "oddsends" - it nicely fitted into eight
characters (yeah, was important then - I was on DOS), and I had quite
a few odds and ends in there.

ChrisA