On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 7:02:56 PM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 3:53:21 PM UTC+5:30, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > > > On 13/12/17 23:31, ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > > >> > > > On 05/12/17 06:33, nick martinez2 via Python-list wrote: > > >>> I have a question on my homework. > > [...] > > >> For this kind of problem I think the collections module [1] can be very > > >> useful. In this case in particular have a look at the Counter package ;) > > [...] > > > > > > A nice answer at face value, and for general questions, but > > > perhaps not the best given the subject line and the first sentence > > > in the OP's note. > > > > > [...] > > > When I teach my course, I have no desire to have > > > all my students turn into cargo cultists. > > > > > > At least this particular student did post his intended solution, > > > instead of outright begging for code. And most of the responses > > > I see did attempt to work within the perceived constraints > > > regarding what language tools the student was expected to use. > > > > I see your point as a teacher, but after all this *is* a Python mailing > > list and not a python-homework-support mailing list. > > > > Plus, the OP had already received various good answers specifically > > helping them solve the problem along the lines of his proposed code, so > > I guessed hinting to a standard library module which is interesting and > > potentially relevant in this case might be useful to both the OP and > > other people on the ML while enriching the discussion ;-) > > Somebody has already pointed out that some setting in Roger Christman's > mail client(?) breaks discussion threads. > Now either Lorenzo is also breaking threads… > Or else something in Roger's post makes the next person (in this case Lorenzo) > break the thread¿?
Didn't notice that Lorenzo had renamed the subject line Sorry for noise -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
