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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:44:24 +1100
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Thesaurus - a recursive dictionary subclass using attributes
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> So, let's see now... I identified that your Thesaurus code:
>
> * will fail silently;
> * contains dead code that is never used;
> * contains redundant code that is pointless;
> * hides errors in the caller's code;
>
> and you consider this "not productive, not worth my time". Code review
> with you must be *all* sorts of fun.

He never asked for code review :)

ChrisA