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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 11:41:49 +0200
Subject: Re: Where is 'palindrome' defined?
From: David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com>
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2015-06-01 11:21 GMT+02:00 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>:
> David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com>:
>
>> Because "palindrome" != "parlindrome"?
>> Have you read the error message? Did you try to understand it?
>
> When you are starting with any new thing, even the simplest problems
> look baffling. Once you have achieved a few successes, such error
> messages start to make sense.
>

I didn't intend to be harsh. Sorry if I failed.
Anyway, for me the errors provided by python are mostly very useful.
When I forget to read them, or I'm simply too impatient to try to
understand them, I use to get very hard debugging sessions. The
contrary is often true.
What I tried to emphasize is the importance of paying careful
attention to the error messages. It is a good habit to start doing
this from the beginning.

Best