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Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 01:09:42 -0700
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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ben Finney has already answered the main question
>
> Giving credit where credit's due, it was more Chris Rebert's post that
> answered the question. Sorry Chris!

Eh, one can't fight chronology!

I'm just surprised that the docstring doesn't explicitly state
"Returns None." by this point, given that this is such a common point
of newbie confusion.

Cheers,
Chris