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Date Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:06:32 +1100
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> And the award for the most gratuitous comments before an import goes to
> one of my (former) workmates, who wrote this piece of code:
>
> # Used for base64-decoding.
> import base64
> # Used for ungzipping.
> import gzip

Well hey. Good to know he's using the tools for their intended purposes!

ChrisA

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Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-20 04:58 +0000
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-20 16:06 +1100
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-20 12:04 +0000
  Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 10:52 -0800
    Re: Most gratuitous comments cl@isbd.net - 2014-11-20 21:32 +0000
      Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 13:43 -0800
        Re: Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-21 10:16 +1100
          Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 15:59 -0800
            Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 11:17 +1100
              Re: Most gratuitous comments sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-20 16:19 -0800
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 11:33 +1100
            Re: Most gratuitous comments Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-21 08:52 +0200
              Re: Most gratuitous comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-21 17:04 +0000
              Re: Most gratuitous comments Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 13:40 +0100
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-25 14:53 +0200
                Re: Most gratuitous comments Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-26 01:47 +1100
      Re: Most gratuitous comments Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-20 23:18 +0000
    Re: Most gratuitous comments Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-20 21:39 -0500
  Re: Most gratuitous comments Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2014-11-20 20:09 +0100
  Re: Most gratuitous comments albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-12-04 09:48 +0000
    Re: Most gratuitous comments Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2014-12-04 09:12 -0800
  Re: Most gratuitous comments sjmsoft@gmail.com - 2014-12-04 07:08 -0800

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