Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > So just because a feature is an accident of history, doesn't mean that > a use can't be found for it.
Which I explicitly noted in my message. I suppose it's inevitable for the nuances of one's utterances to be forgotten as the discussion progresses, but darn if it ain't annoying. -- \ “Not using Microsoft products is like being a non-smoker 40 or | `\ 50 years ago: You can choose not to smoke, yourself, but it's | _o__) hard to avoid second-hand smoke.” —Michael Tiemann | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list