On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:54:40 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote: > There is a (not very subtle) difference between saying "Oh, you meant a > list, not a string" (especially when the context was a discussion of > list processing), and printing a traceback for something that nobody was > discussing, based on a single word slip.
I wondered about that. I almost asked whether or not you would have reacted with less anger if I hadn't included the tracebacks, but decided against it. I thought that, given how you dropped a nuke on me for what was a very trivial social faux pas, you would probably interpret a question about the tracebacks as me being condescending and go on the attack yet again. So far you've dropped a ton of sarcasm on me for being "the smartest, sharpest guy in the world", accused me of "deliberately misinterpret[ing] everything [you] write", and declared that my work- mates (who you don't know) take great pleasure in putting me down. Such repeated attacks, over something as trivial as me pointing out you mistook list.sort for str.sort puts your comment: "I've left less poisonous workplaces for less cause." into a completely different perspective. How little a slight does it take for you to decide a workplace is poisonous? So, Patrick, here's how it goes: I won't apologize for pointing out your error, no matter how trivial, because I thought, and still do, that it muddied the waters and risked adding confusion rather than clarity to somebody asking a very basic question. And for all I knew, you may have been genuinely confused yourself, and not just making a silly typo. I will say that I regret including the tracebacks, not because there is anything wrong with doing so, but because they apparently caused you distress and I had no intention to do so. I am sorry that you took offense, it was not intended. At the risk of offending you further, I will suggest that I'm not the only one who needs to apply some introspection here. If your skin is so thin that you react so explosively to such a minor slight, how are you going to react to some of the more vigorous disagreements? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
