Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-09-30, Steve Holden schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>Antoon Pardon wrote: >> >>>Op 2005-09-29, Bill Mill schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> >>>>But, if your users can't figure out that they shouldn't be changing >>>>the variable called t._test__i without expecting side effects, what do >>>>you think of the users of your class? >>>> >>>>Python is for consenting adults. >>> >>> >>>No it is not. Consenting means you had the choice. Python doesn't >>>give you the choice not to consent. Unless of course you write >>>it as a C-extension, then you can hide all you want. >>> >> >>Good grief, the ultimate choice is to use Python because you like it, or >>not to use it because you don't. Enough with the picking every available >>nit, please. Consent or stop complaining :-) > > > This is IMO not a nit. IMO people are redefining words. We are also > talking within a certain context. When people use this slogan, they > don't mean that people have the choice to not use python. > Quite true, but people do none the less have that choice. Some days I wish a few more would exercise it.
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