"When you are the one seeking help, you may find it helpful to be polite.... I have found that comp.lang.python has some of the most friendly and helpful people around. They will undoubtably help you (as they helped me many times), if you provide answers to the questions they ask in trying to help you... "
Asking sarcastically why I am "reinventing the wheel" is a funny way of being friendly. I said absolutely nothing to indicate that I had re-implemented my own version of complex. And, by the way, even if I had, so what? Why is it even worth commenting on? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list