Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:21:18 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote: > >> Doesn't matter though. The OP was sorting lists, not strings, so he >> knew what I meant. > > I have found that when people ask basic questions about fundamental > Python operations like sorting, it is risky to assume that they will know > what I meant if I say something different. > > Since I've been on both the giving and receiving end of carelessly > inaccurate answers, I know how frustrating it is to spend significant > time trying to work out what I was doing wrong, only to be told much > later "Oh, I meant you should do Y, not X. I thought you would understand > what I meant." > But you surely will admit that you could be held to, well rather than "be pedantic" perhaps we should say "tend towards the literal"?
I'm the same myself, and I know from personal experience that while I am (simply?) seeking accuracy and truth it sometimes bugs the hell out of people ... It's a geek thing. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 See PyCon Talks from Atlanta 2010 http://pycon.blip.tv/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
