Re: Threads
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 14:30:12 -0000, Grant Edwards <grante@visi.co m>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n:
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> > On 2006-05-12, Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOUR thirdtower.com. imagination> wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > placid enlightened us with:
> > >>> Did you read the documentation for Queue methods?
> > >>
> > >> there is no need to be patronizing about this dude, im just learning
> > >> Python in my spare time, as im a Intern Software Engineer
> > >
> > > There is nothing patronizing about the question, it's merely
> > > an enquiry to a possible fact. If you're going to be a techie,
> > > you should learn stuff like that.[/color]
> >
> > It's also valuable information to the maintainers of the
> > documentation. If he _did_ read the documentation and still
> > didn't know that Queue.get() could block, then one might ask
> > how the documentation could be improved.[/color]
>
> If it means anything -- I typically do bring up the help files and
> cut&paste the relevant paragraph. But I had a 24-hour backlog and it was
> late at night so a straight off-the-cuff entry was made. Though I
> suppose one could go back to the "smart questions" FAQ, and have
> suggested the original poster tell us what documentation was read in
> search of a solution prior to their post (in which case my short
> response could be interpreted as a less than subtle hint to read the
> references first).[/color]
telling me to read the documentation would have been a good reminder
dude!
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thanks again for all of you who replied with great answers.
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 14:30:12 -0000, Grant Edwards <grante@visi.co m>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.pytho n:
>[color=green]
> > On 2006-05-12, Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOUR thirdtower.com. imagination> wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > placid enlightened us with:
> > >>> Did you read the documentation for Queue methods?
> > >>
> > >> there is no need to be patronizing about this dude, im just learning
> > >> Python in my spare time, as im a Intern Software Engineer
> > >
> > > There is nothing patronizing about the question, it's merely
> > > an enquiry to a possible fact. If you're going to be a techie,
> > > you should learn stuff like that.[/color]
> >
> > It's also valuable information to the maintainers of the
> > documentation. If he _did_ read the documentation and still
> > didn't know that Queue.get() could block, then one might ask
> > how the documentation could be improved.[/color]
>
> If it means anything -- I typically do bring up the help files and
> cut&paste the relevant paragraph. But I had a 24-hour backlog and it was
> late at night so a straight off-the-cuff entry was made. Though I
> suppose one could go back to the "smart questions" FAQ, and have
> suggested the original poster tell us what documentation was read in
> search of a solution prior to their post (in which case my short
> response could be interpreted as a less than subtle hint to read the
> references first).[/color]
telling me to read the documentation would have been a good reminder
dude!
[color=blue]
> --
> Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
> wlfraed@ix.netc om.com wulfraed@bestia ria.com
> HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
> (Bestiaria Support Staff: web-asst@bestiaria. com)
> HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/[/color]
thanks again for all of you who replied with great answers.
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