<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fredrik Lundh</b> <<a href="mailto:fredrik@pythonware.com">fredrik@pythonware.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thomas Wouters wrote:<br><br>> Duck typing isn't "ask the object whether it can do this". Duck typing is<br>> "do this". I don't believe 'taking different actions based on capabilities'<br>> is all that common, and it certainly breaks easily.
<br><br>have you used callable(), or are you just making things up ?</blockquote><div><br>Yes. All my arguments are based on guesswork. I have nothing useful to contribute. As usual, you get to ignore anything I say.<br></div>
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