Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Calling methods on nil

[Marcel W. <ma...@me...>]

>

> Of course, there is no formal definition of "pythonic", there there is
> the list from "import this", the most well known (as well as abused) 
> one
> is "Explicit is better than implicit".

Not necessarily.  For example, the polymorphism you get with OO is 
*implicit*.  You didn't say which exact method you wanted, you just 
sent the message and let the system decide which specific 
implementation to use.  And yes, there are still a number of people who 
consider this 'evil'.

>  Also appripriate is
>
>   In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.

Who is guessing?

> as well as
>
>   Errors should never pass silently.

If they are actually errors in the first place...

Marcel

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