Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!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 0.048 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lines:': 0.09; 'paragraph,': 0.09; "they've": 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; '10:59': 0.16; 'follow-up': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'observations': 0.16; 'reasonably': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'typos': 0.16; 'unexpectedly': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'basically': 0.19; 'saying': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'error': 0.23; 'tend': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'statement': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'along': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'post.': 0.31; 'trivial': 0.31; 'comment': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:data': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'clear': 0.37; 'fact': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'read': 0.60; 'subject:Can': 0.60; 'took': 0.61; 'simply': 0.61; 'making': 0.63; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'bothered': 0.68; 'nobody': 0.68; 'published': 0.71; 'subject:this': 0.83; '2015': 0.84; 'actually,': 0.84; 'glance': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92; 'acknowledge': 0.93 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:cc :content-type; bh=a46rBW2foexNSIfUTdI60GjcG2uo9HPk1DxL9ekrIMw=; b=esJL0fzNbFcWl9yeBCWYl/UtkKrnGHX8v/B0yqwMnH3SU6K2oNJYX6uQg3vfS7akwn HLEC2f17Ezt6WXydbkBdAFL2CICu1yh1wmCXzB+2mMEYoRynW8ysO5NnzDwFDhkGXAxq 2LfEzBhs7cUXb6191myRgN0hn5zZHPAFCslwlZvmIcwSznw/jyK5398zq01PZCZSX+57 2fXe30N32HSBEVxwW1vclLm0H0IqJIG/beWzGZpWGilur+07CtMYjTBCbFrASZxfNf5q 4WnOKxKRNo/fHxs+wX2B/kTZ0HfJQN3HxNlhv+nLXqDBjrHeK8ZclFS6+ULNj9KEoSBs sNHw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.43.199 with SMTP id y7mr4168368ice.12.1430658494980; Sun, 03 May 2015 06:08:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <69353f16-7c04-469d-b3ac-05fbe75667d2@googlegroups.com> References: <387ac520-9da3-411a-a3b8-b326e1e8a2c0@googlegroups.com> <69353f16-7c04-469d-b3ac-05fbe75667d2@googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 23:08:14 +1000 Subject: Re: Inner workings of this Python feature: Can a Python data structure reference itself? From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ 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: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1430658498 news.xs4all.nl 2876 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44003 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:89868 On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 10:59 PM, vasudevram wrote: > Re. statement of fact vs. hypotheses. While I'm not sure of your exact meaning in that paragraph, I understand the concept, and yes, I was not clear enough in phrasing that part. It should have read like something along these lines: > > Observations -> One or more hypotheses -> deductions -> one or more alternative conclusions. I just took a glance at your blog post, and it's reasonably clear now. (Though I tend to try to avoid making substantive edits to blog posts once they've been published and read; a codicil, or at very least an italicized comment saying "(Edit: Actually, blah blah blah.)", is clearer. Of course, trivial edits like typos can be corrected - nobody would be bothered by those unexpectedly changing.) Posts to the newsgroup/mailing list basically can't be edited, so the normal way to acknowledge an error or correction is simply a follow-up post. ChrisA