Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.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 0.149 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.72; '*S*': 0.02; "subject:' ": 0.07; 'runs': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '(if)': 0.16; 'ideal.': 0.16; 'kern': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'else,': 0.19; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'space.': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'received:209.85.217': 0.29; 'robert': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'asks': 0.31; 'this.': 0.32; 'summary': 0.32; 'everyone': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'explains': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'question,': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'no.': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'finally': 0.65; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'dont': 0.67; 'reads': 0.68; 'calm': 0.84; 'ever.': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; 'responses': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=BelHh8sz4HX0It7GIefGgs/B7MpyhZOuLXEZUGqpUFA=; b=sqcacca2aQdWET3Pq5wQlL6vKg7IYfqtRn6eduKPn/7+uqGFnCDcXfzXNraX+tDudG r3bZ6eVa7r57EmbDsn8ZStbKkRwkTMBy8EF3/MxH/4jLaJ0GbIfPmcnZ/FG5afw6RBTx nxvRQBYab+uNkQ3C/tMw8hkrzV+f0W9XWs1MhbYUU2X3taydKnWeQqhwuy4vdrDXsdb6 thZaalPn/kJOLMDm3UFl29tOnbHmc5w9lhli9bHnnVH9FYuSb9KTHEM/D1txx7F0NMT3 rEoSkja+9F9mNWECrFWzmcXrFCPnQd4/xLcrkp09GuXGDj6uCU8aUkUCDvefZLgCfYFH AWdg== X-Received: by 10.152.45.65 with SMTP id k1mr1784074lam.78.1371235676631; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:47:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <68537a4d-3b48-4220-a67b-64015301ccdf@q10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> References: <51bb4030$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <68537a4d-3b48-4220-a67b-64015301ccdf@q10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> From: Joshua Landau Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:47:16 +0100 Subject: Re: Eval of expr with 'or' and 'and' within To: rusi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list 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: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371235683 news.xs4all.nl 15971 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35377 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48205 On 14 June 2013 19:37, rusi wrote: > 2. The recent responses from Robert Kern are in my view the ideal. In > summary it runs thus: > Stupid question no. 6457 from Nikos: ... > Robert : Look this up > Nikos: I dont understand > Robert: explains > Nikos: I DONTU NDERSTND > Robert: explains (repeated as often as needed) > > When (if) finally Nikos actually reads the link and asks a more > specific/intelligent question, can be replaced by more specific > +1 Please, everyone else, just do this. This will calm the beast, I assure you, at least somewhat. If you're worried about not being "helpful", don't - this is as much help as ever. It's just it takes less time, and a *lot* less space.