Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'subject:skip:s 10': 0.05; 'received:mail- vc0-f174.google.com': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'sat,': 0.15; '*i*': 0.16; 'inconvenient': 0.16; 'subject:default': 0.16; 'subject:ideas': 0.16; 'subject:variable': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'set.': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "d'aprano": 0.29; 'received:209.85.220.174': 0.29; 'steven': 0.29; 'standards': 0.30; 'sense': 0.31; 'you?': 0.32; 'getting': 0.33; 'agree': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'said,': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'talk': 0.38; 'where': 0.40; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'world': 0.63; 'day': 0.73; '2013': 0.84; 'fuck': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:cc:content-type; bh=hnrKzq4gS7cOl7GtUVYRwn28bTIPOn4/HK/N61oArjg=; b=HCfNFbjbmE3afyL8ijayvZ4hmzuTF/t1FRrpHyB7b9dLZjx9k9kCNq7ZJTCDDzz7eb lrI4LKBR39HT/JGIvCcbX7b5bb0WM+NgyvhgB9UHwts7mhSCebjF8z8PpFaC5iq7GVUQ EEIy9s+iyEPr/aq9wtGuxxNBBhNG6RtBcfoFcvaimay/dKDQVQOpykDuLzfFKtq78iH7 zR1qP52a8cYhz3W91J8AVbgTFqAu3yNsbtJYRNi76PiKo8CFdkBanoryWM8er77ih1bb qt0OoHpog0d3isi2EHaMu8Vz2FEhIrmZwMN/8VlO7KF/YHuQQenVy+1LqrpnssYTzEI/ CMKQ== X-Received: by 10.52.37.81 with SMTP id w17mr5257899vdj.70.1362283253276; Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:00:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5132c1c0$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <51315936$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <513298fa$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5132c1c0$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> From: Devin Jeanpierre Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 23:00:13 -0500 Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] string.format() default variable assignment Cc: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1362283256 news.xs4all.nl 6968 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:40398 On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > How the flying fuck does my choice of where and how *I* read this forum > inconvenience YOU? > > Talk about an overactive sense of entitlement. The world does not revolve > around you and I do not arrange my day to suit your preferences. I don't agree with what he said, but I think what he was getting at is that it's inconvenient to be polite to you according to the standards you have set. -- Devin