MRAB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 31, 12:57 am, Asun Friere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ouch!! If on the other hand 'females' is populated by instances of > > (or merely includes instances of) class 'Human', I suggest you > > test for female.consent somewhere in your code! > > > The Pythonic approach would be to try the action and catch a > NoConsentException.
You're making the classic Pythonista mistake: you behave as though EAFP applies everywhere. I assure you, in the above situation, it does not apply. -- \ "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let | `\ that fool you. He really is an idiot." —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
