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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:47:15 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
To: Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@getautoma.com>
Subject: Re: Is it bad style to override the built-in function `type`?
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On 24Nov2012 14:32, Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann@getautoma.com> wrote:
| how about "write" instead of "type"? Just came to me in a flash of inspiration. I know it's also pretty general but at least it's not a built-in!

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