On 5/16/2015 6:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Sun, 17 May 2015 05:40 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
C.D. Reimer wrote:
^^^^
Who?
Don't be a dick, Thomas. Lots of people use their initials. You use your
nickname as part of your sender address, why are you questioning somebody
for using their initials?
I used my initials to hide my online presence from the Real World(tm). If a
hiring manager looks up my legal name on the Internet, he or she will find a
bunch of Usenet postings when I was a SuSE Linux noob in the 1990's. The only
online accounts I have under my legal name is a Yahoo email address and a
LinkedIn profile. After working at one employer that allowed anything found on
the Internet as ammo in the office politics, a blank online slate provides
better protection from such nonsense.
Besides, I got called by my initials in school when the compact discs (CD)
became popular. :)
As for my question, my 2007 Core Python Programming book (based on python 2.5)
indexed the dot for search operations. Some code examples show a single call
(i.e., object.method()) but not multiple calls (i.e.,
object.method().method()). Since I wasn't sure what I was looking for, an
Internet search turned up nothing useful. Hence, IMHO, a noobie question.
Maybe I need a newer python book?
Thank you,
Chris Reimer
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