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On 23/12/2013 06:09, rurpy@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Sunday, December 22, 2013 10:37:35 PM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Actually, formatting errors ARE often caused by Google Groups. Maybe
>> it wasn't in this instance, but I have seen several cases of GG
>> mangling code formatting, so this was a perfectly reasonable theory.
>
> What sort of formatting errors have you seen and how did you
> determine it was Google Groups fault?  You would need to know
> what the original message was, wouldn't you?  Perhaps these
> were experiments you carried out yourself that you could share
> with us?
>

Yawn.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence