Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'quiet': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'repeated': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'himself.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:stop': 0.16; 'tempted': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'memory': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'earlier': 0.24; 'developers': 0.25; 'post': 0.26; '(for': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'fixed': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'posting': 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; 'violation': 0.31; 'core': 0.34; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'definition': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; '5th': 0.60; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'continuous': 0.68; 'leak,': 0.84; 'sorely': 0.84; 'time)': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Please stop the trolling Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 23:52:59 +0000 References: <9f5d28ce-504d-40db-baa2-ff3699ab05c7@googlegroups.com> <52AE4A86.8040402@arcor.de> <20131217160751.0a902cd1ac2deb96247ebfc6@gmx.net> <20131223185941.5712de41de7ac0c101f3eceb@gmx.net> <4763b6c4-b350-4aad-9f71-8f15490fc762@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-29-205.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: 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: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387842797 news.xs4all.nl 2910 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53615 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62657 On 23/12/2013 20:53, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 12/23/2013 2:05 PM, wxjmfauth@gmail.com wrote: > >> Le lundi 23 décembre 2013 18:59:41 UTC+1, Wolfgang Keller a écrit : >>> [me] >>>> I'll note that Python core developers do care about memory leaks. >>> And that's a really good thing. > >> Memory? Let me laugh! > [snip repeated (for about the 5th time) posting of single character > memory sizes] > > Jim, since I know you are smart enough to know the different between a > small fixed size and a continuous leak, I can only think that the > purpose of your repeated post was to get similarly a inane response from > a couple of other people. That is the definition of trolling. It is > disrespectful of others and in my opinion is a violation of the Python > Code of Conduct, which *does* apply to python-list. Please desist. > Thanks for this Terry. I was sorely tempted earlier to say something but managed to keep control of myself. Now I'll be keeping quiet and let Jim speak for himself. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence