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Re: Rule of order for dot operators?

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On 5/16/2015 6:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 2015 05:40 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>
>> C.D. Reimer wrote:
>> ^^^^
>> Who?
> Don't be a dick, Thomas. Lots of people use their initials. You use your
> nickname as part of your sender address, why are you questioning somebody
> for using their initials?

I used my initials to hide my online presence from the Real World(tm). If a hiring manager looks up my legal name on the Internet, he or she will find a bunch of Usenet postings when I was a SuSE Linux noob in the 1990's. The only online accounts I have under my legal name is a Yahoo email address and a LinkedIn profile. After working at one employer that allowed anything found on the Internet as ammo in the office politics, a blank online slate provides better protection from such nonsense.

Besides, I got called by my initials in school when the compact discs (CD) became popular. :)

As for my question, my 2007 Core Python Programming book (based on python 2.5) indexed the dot for search operations. Some code examples show a single call (i.e., object.method()) but not multiple calls (i.e., object.method().method()). Since I wasn't sure what I was looking for, an Internet search turned up nothing useful. Hence, IMHO, a noobie question.

Maybe I need a newer python book?

Thank you,

Chris Reimer

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Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-16 12:20 -0700
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 21:40 +0200
    Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-16 12:55 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-17 19:17 +0200
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-17 10:30 -0700
          Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 12:13 -0700
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-17 11:35 -0700
    Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-17 11:45 +1000
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-16 22:06 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-05-17 15:43 +0000
        Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-20 00:30 +0200
          Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-19 18:36 -0700
            Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-20 04:24 +0200
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-05-19 19:44 -0700
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-20 13:11 +1000
              Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-05-20 17:29 +1000
            Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-20 12:31 +1000
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-05-17 10:50 -0700
      Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-18 17:40 +1000
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-17 11:31 +1000
  Re: Rule of order for dot operators? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2015-05-18 14:00 +0200

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