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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:58:28 -0400
From: Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
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On 08/03/2012 09:35 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:03:20 -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
>
>> On 08/03/2012 06:41 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Dave Angel <d@davea.name> wrote:
>>>> I'm sorry, what's not clear?  Nonetype is not the same as NoneType.
>>>> Python is case sensitive.
>>> There isn't a NoneType either. I get a NameError.
>>>
>>> ChrisA
>> NoneType isn't in the builtin namespace.  It's in the types module.
>>
>>     import types
>>     a = types.Nonetype
>                 ^^^^^^^^
>
> Oh the irony. After criticising a beginner for getting the case wrong, 
> you have done exactly the same thing.
>
> A form of Muphry's Law (the Iron Law of Nitpicking) perhaps?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
>
You are, of course right;  I blew it.  Thanks for pointing it out with
humor.


-- 

DaveA