[Python-ideas] oow vs. oow [was: strptime without second argument as an inverse to __str__]

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Wed Aug 6 16:05:48 CEST 2014


On 08/06/2014 03:40 AM, Wolfgang Maier wrote:
> On 06.08.2014 12:34, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> On 08/06/2014 01:35 AM, Wolfgang Maier wrote:
>>>
>>> [...] which is really quite against the one and only one way of doing
>>> things idea.
>>
>> It's "One Obvious Way" not "Only One Way".
>>
>
> I wasn't quoting, just paraphrasing.

It's a bad paraphrase as the two have nearly completely different meanings.

If you wish to pursue this sub-thread further I'll have to turn my portion over to D'Aprano (assuming he's willing) as 
he is much better at long explanations than I am.

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~Ethan~


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