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On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Gregory Ewing
<greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> MRAB wrote:
>
>> Is it worthy of being in the Zen of Python?
>
>
> +1. Maybe something along the lines of:
>
>    Dunder methods are for defining, not calling.
>    Unless you're a dunderhead[1].
>
> [1] Meant in the sense of an enthusiast, cf. gearhead.

I thought the twentieth zen would never be found?

ChrisA