Trying to figure out the data type from the code snippet

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/31/2019 3:31 PM, Chupo via Python-list 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.

Then point your newsreader, as I have, to news.gmane.org and subscribe 
to gmane.comp.python.general, which mirrors python-list.

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Terry Jan Reedy