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Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module

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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> Because unless you are extremely disciplined, code and the comments
> describing them get out of sync. Quote:
>
> "At Resolver we've found it useful to short-circuit any doubt and just
> refer to comments in code as 'lies'. "
> --Michael Foord paraphrases Christian Muirhead on python-dev, 2009-03-22

And yet, as I have found out by trying to embed V8 (Google's
Javascript engine), those little comments can (a) prove the difference
between a bug and a misfeature, and (b) be all the documentation there
is. Okay, it's not QUITE the latter, but most things are not
documented outside of the source, and I greatly appreciate those
little comments!

ChrisA

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Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 10:11 -0800
  Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 12:40 -0700
    Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 12:30 -0800
      Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 14:30 -0700
        Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 13:59 -0800
      Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-05 09:13 +1000
        Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 15:26 -0800
          Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-05 09:33 +1000
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 16:01 -0800
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 10:08 +1000
              Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 14:11 +0000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-05 18:35 +0200
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-06 03:36 +1000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 08:45 +1000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-06 08:00 +0200
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-07 14:18 +0000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-07-07 17:36 -0700
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 22:39 +0000
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 18:01 -0800
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 22:28 -0600
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-05 07:30 -0800
              Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 15:43 +0000

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