Happy Christmas Pythoneers

Steven D'Aprano steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au
Thu Dec 27 02:47:29 EST 2007


On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:32:54 -0800, mensanator at aol.com wrote:

>> > Anyway, happy New Years as well to all in the group.
>>
>> watch_fireworks()
>> try:
>>     champagne
>> except NameError:
>>     champagne = any_fizzy_alcoholic_drink_will_do()
>> champagne.drink()
>> shout("Happy New Years!!!")
>> for person in adults_nearby:
>>     if (person.is_appropriate_sex and person.is_pretty):
> 
> Hey, my version of the person module doesn't have an is_appropriate_sex
> attribute, but an is_opposite_sex attribute instead. Is this a new
> version?

Generally instances use:

person.is_appropriate_sex = person.is_opposite_sex

but some instances define it as:

person.is_appropriate_sex = not person.is_opposite_sex

It's an implementation detail, you shouldn't worry about it.


-- 
Steven



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