Trying to figure out the data type from the code snippet

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 7:36 AM Chupo via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> In article <mailman.464.1548964847.4816.python-list at python.org>, Chris
> Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> says...
> > There are stupid questions, but I enjoy answering those too. You don't
> > need to apologize for asking these questions. All you need to do is
> > ignore the trolls like Rick. In fact, if you abandon Google Groups and
> > instead read the mailing list python-list at python.org, you can just
> > leave behind all the people who've been blocked.
> >
>
> Thank you for the tip.
>
> I am in fact not using Google Groups but am accessing comp.lang.python
> via nntp:// by using a newsreader.

Ah okay. You may want to killfile a few people then, since you're
using an actual real newsreader and have that capability.

ChrisA