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Author	georg.brandl
Recipients	benjamin.peterson, georg.brandl, paddy3118
Date	2008-07-01.20:35:48
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Message-id	<1214944549.52.0.855339021772.issue3214@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Paddy: IMO hasattr() is the "if it quacks like a duck" part of duck-typing. It e.g. allows testing "hasattr(x, 'write')" to see if it's a writable file-like object, and doing something else otherwise. Benjamin: ABCs are not duck-typing since they involve isinstance() anyway.

Paddy: IMO hasattr() is the "if it quacks like a duck" part of
duck-typing. It e.g. allows testing "hasattr(x, 'write')" to see if it's
a writable file-like object, and doing something else otherwise.

Benjamin: ABCs are not duck-typing since they involve isinstance() anyway.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-07-01 20:35:49	georg.brandl	set	spambayes_score: 0.0697386 -> 0.069738574 recipients: + georg.brandl, paddy3118, benjamin.peterson
2008-07-01 20:35:49	georg.brandl	set	spambayes_score: 0.0697386 -> 0.0697386 messageid: <1214944549.52.0.855339021772.issue3214@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-07-01 20:35:48	georg.brandl	link	issue3214 messages
2008-07-01 20:35:48	georg.brandl	create