attribute is accessed from Nonetype

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Fri Aug 3 21:35:45 EDT 2012


On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:03:20 -0400, Dave Angel wrote:

> On 08/03/2012 06:41 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:
>>> I'm sorry, what's not clear?  Nonetype is not the same as NoneType.
>>> Python is case sensitive.
>> There isn't a NoneType either. I get a NameError.
>>
>> ChrisA
> 
> NoneType isn't in the builtin namespace.  It's in the types module.
> 
>     import types
>     a = types.Nonetype
                ^^^^^^^^

Oh the irony. After criticising a beginner for getting the case wrong, 
you have done exactly the same thing.

A form of Muphry's Law (the Iron Law of Nitpicking) perhaps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law



-- 
Steven



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