On Feb 26, 11:58 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:15:43 +0200, Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > > "James Stroud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Clement wrote: > >> > Can any body tell how Dict is implemented in python... plz tell what > >> > datastructure that uses................ > > >> I think it uses a dict. > > > "Groan!" - this answer is like Microsoft documentation - > > while technically correct, it is useless... : - ) > > Which I think was deliberate. The Original Poster asked a reasonable > question in a stupid way (Python is case-insensitive -- are we supposed > to guess what a Dict is? what language is 'plz'?), and I believe James > deliberately gave a stupid answer to highlight that. > > class Dict(dict): > pass > > is what I thought of when I saw the question. I guess James might have > thought the same way. > > Unfortunately, more often than not, the sort of person who uses 'plz' in > an email probably isn't going to recognise the subtleties of James' reply. > > -- > Steven D'Aprano
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