1st non-trivial program - gentle criticism requested

[Fredrik Lundh]

Gary D. Duzan <gduzan at gte.com> wrote:
> This potential stumbling block makes me wonder if allowing the
> singleton case was really wise.

stumbling block?

what kind of programmer changes his code without thinking,
reading what he just typed, or running the resulting program?

if you want to optimize python for that kind of programmer,
you have to change a whole lot more than the string formatting
operator...

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