self.__dict__ tricks

Steven D'Aprano steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au
Wed Nov 4 18:50:49 EST 2009


On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:36:46 -0800, Ethan Furman wrote:

> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>  > Perfectly valid answer -- there are no fish as there is no Atlantic
>  > sea <G>
> 
> 
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>  > Once in the distant past, there were no fish in what would become the
>  > Atlantic Ocean (not sea)
> 
> What's with the bias against the word 'sea'?

The Atlantic Ocean is named the Atlantic Ocean, not the Atlantic Lake or 
Atlantic Puddle or Atlantic Dewdrop or Atlantic Sea.

Otherwise, sea is a perfectly good word, for describing what the Atlantic 
Ocean *is* rather than what it is *named*.



-- 
Steven



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