On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:49 PM, <ru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 06/18/2013 01:21 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> tl;dr Stop acting like a troll and we'll stop perceiving you as such. >> >> This being Python-list, we duck-type. You don't have to declare that >> you're a troll, like you would in C; you just react like a troll and >> we'll treat you as one. We never ask "are you a troll", we just ask >> "do you quack like a troll". > > People are much more complex than Python objects. While > duck-typing is a useful heuristic it does not guarantee > accurate results. And keep in mind that stereotyping and > racial profiling are forms of duck typing. You need to > be careful when duck-typing people.
On the contrary, stereotyping is "You are-a <quality>, therefore you will behave in <manner>". This is the opposite: "You behave like a troll, therefore you are equivalent to a troll". Imagine if we treated all those with green skin who live under bridges as trolls, no matter how good their contributions... ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
