On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > You're assuming that people read your posts immediately after they read > the post you replied to. Always imagine that your reply will be read a > week after the post you replied to.
And a week is extremely generous too; these posts get archived on the web. I *frequently* find myself hitting mailing list archives when researching obscurities. This is also another good reason to post follow-ups to the list, rather than in private email. You might never be thanked, but somebody years down the track may find the question and an associated answer. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
