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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:15 +1000
Subject: Re: A certainl part of an if() structure never gets executed.
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
> Names are *one of* the ways we specify which objects are to be used. (We can
> also specify objects via an container and a subscript or slice, or via an
> attribute of another object.  And probably another way or two.)

But you always have to bootstrap it with either a name. Or a literal.
So those are the only two ways to specify which objects are to be
used.

(Anyone fanatically devoted to nice red uniforms?)

ChrisA