def __init__ question in a class definition

[Steve Holden]

M.E.Farmer wrote:

> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>M.E.Farmer wrote:
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>>>>Jeffrey Borkent
>>>>Systems Specialist
>>>>Information Technology Services
>>>
>>>
>>>With that kind of credentials, and the fact that you claim you are
> 
> a
> 
>>>system specialists....
>>>I don't know you have me worried already.
>>>I guess for you I just say RTFM.
>>>If you think that is harsh then don't ask a 2nd grade question yet
>>>claim/pretend to be some sorta system specialists.
>>
>>Hey, ease up, this is comp.lang.python, remember.
>>
>>
>>>You tried searching the archives first I am sure.
>>>Go here  http://www.python.org and *read*, come back when you are
>>>really stuck.
>>>M.E.Farmer
>>>P.S. YES the __ matter, they identify special methods ! __init__ is
> 
> the
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>>>class CONSTRUCTOR.
>>>
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>>Next time, could we try exchanging the body of the message and the
> 
> PS?
> 
>>That way you could have omitted the PS when you got half way through
> 
> it
> 
>>and realised you were just wasting your time and everyone else's ...
>>
>>got-out-the-wrong-side-of-bed-ly y'rs  - steve
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> 
> P.S. And in an effort to keep on topic...PYCON!!
> steve,
> I stand by what I said.
> Teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime.
> Re-read it, memorize it, and keep it near.
> I read comp.lang.py for 3 years before I posted anything, and then i
> posted an ANSWER!
> I don't go around asking dirt simple questions that would be solved
> with a quick read of the docs, usenet archives , Google, books that
> have been written about Python,etc.... He should have been *reading*
> not *posting*.
> I can not understand why you have a problem with me pointing out he
> should read the documentation. Why do you think RTFM exist, for people
> like that, they are a timesink. He can redeem himself if he just goes
> and reads a little and comes back looking like he made some effort.
> This guy has a 6 mile sig that says he ought to know better. Had he
> come with a different sig *maybe* and a question that did not scream
> '''HEY I WANT YOU TO ANSWER EVERYTHING FOR ME BECAUSE I CAN NOT EVEN
> READ THE BASIC DOCUMENTATION ON MY OWN'''.
> 
> 
>>Next time, could we try exchanging the body of the message and the
> 
> PS?
> 
>>That way you could have omitted the PS when you got half way through
> 
> it
> 
>>and realised you were just wasting your time and everyone else's ...
> 
> 
> I tell him where he is wrong first then I answer the question, sounds
> like *YOU* ....Now I have your attention.
> What do you think that post was meant to do? Snap him off at the root?
> Make him cry? Maybe it was to nudge him to read the docs, so he can
> *learn* on his own.
> Next time you could just write my post for me! That way I can only
> waste as much time as you deem acceptable! Now that I think about it,
> if we just answer every question every poster has about any detail of
> Python, then we can all sing along and hold hands, who needs to write
> documentation or even books about Python look at all the time we will
> save...
> 
> 
>>got-out-the-wrong-side-of-bed-ly y'rs  - steve
> 
> Which-side is-the wrong-side-ly yr's - M.E.Farmer
> 
Well, actually my point was that if we just save time by not answering 
such questions we avoid a reputation for hostility while still 
encouraging people to use other resources. But anyway, thanks for saying 
"PyCon"!

regards
  Steve
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