Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!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 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'english.': 0.04; 'class,': 0.07; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'does,': 0.16; 'idle.': 0.16; 'imports': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**1': 0.23; 'first,': 0.26; 'mention': 0.26; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'forgot': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'program,': 0.31; 'code': 0.31; 'assumes': 0.31; 'subject:other': 0.31; 'classes': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'instances': 0.36; 'step': 0.37; 'pm,': 0.38; 'structure': 0.39; 'show': 0.63; 'name': 0.63; 'term': 0.63; 'jul': 0.74; 'subject:people': 0.84; 'utilized': 0.84; 'cognitive': 0.91; '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:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=F8UfuzDwPNXr87ZZu0ydGEjp4C/t+S3fbxEBYJHPZAM=; b=e0IgauGn0qtGvPBwA+lnOmnSQTlOKpnzgCLwEl0f/Sw+e7OVSi4b7AM1i8PXislPnt fU1M2p7zWc58Lf6iuaCc7wSYM5CNV8RFVlNcW7qs9U/q1gYa3Vt+EaMRCtQcyZlL08gY X2vmFC7t/dJ9OGk8O9My56ooFpnCm3Gijp590XnF5x8YItz3RzEjW9lR3R/sIjYK8j1r omPQjJ+qxZCFHKAnL0TvgDiZl1TnLqjpGWGpyDhyiPbZsK0VECmOUC/ZQZwZYQqYzQ/V gnveGyFLN1cr3O4iFXJyJNfLFsE4NiRjDEKzS0OJuSX+r3+9Zxw6DQMC1HM14T0CCWR0 KFYA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.34.206 with SMTP id b14mr1533739qej.54.1374289071473; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:57:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <66c25416-eaa5-4ac1-a71d-2b2948dec2fb@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 22:57:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Understanding other people's code From: David Hutto To: David M Chess Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b414222ec9a5604e1e89b77 Cc: L O'Shea , 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: 53 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1374289080 news.xs4all.nl 15885 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56636 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50939 --047d7b414222ec9a5604e1e89b77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I forgot to mention idle. It can step through another's code and show you a step-by-step insructional, of what the code does. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:05 PM, David Hutto wrote: > Any program, to me, is just like speaking english. The class, or function > name might not fully mesh with what your cognitive structure assumes it to > be.read through the imports first, and see the classes and functions come > alive with experience comes intuition of what it does, and the instances > that can be utilized with it. The term RTFM, and google always comes to > mind as well. > -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com* --047d7b414222ec9a5604e1e89b77 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:05 PM, David Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com= > wrote:
Any program, to me, is just like speaking english. The cla= ss, or function name might not fully mesh with what your cognitive structur= e assumes it to be.read through the imports first, and see the classes and = functions come alive with experience comes intuition of what it does, and t= he instances that can be utilized with it. The term RTFM, and google always= comes to mind as well.



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Best Regards,
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