Ben Finney wrote. on April 02, 2017 7:41 PM > > "Deborah Swanson" <pyt...@deborahswanson.net> writes: > > > Chris Angelico wrote, on April 02, 2017 6:37 PM > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Deborah Swanson > > > > Maybe I'm having another "dumb day" [.] > > > > Well, wouldncha know it, I never tried using a colon. That's what I > > get for just trying to guess. > > Yes, guessing *is* dumb when the reference documentation is > available > <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#disp > lays-for-lists-sets-and-dictionaries>. > I was sure you'd have been reading the manual before > guessing, but I'll know better in future :-) > > -- > \ "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no > match for me | > `\ at kick boxing." > -Emo Philips | > _o__) > | > Ben Finney >
Oh, come on. That's a fairly obscure citation in the docs, one that would take a good deal of experience and time reading through them to know was there, experience and years with Python that I don't have. But you knew that ... ;) Deborah -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
