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Working with django 1.0 and google app engine… Wanted to set every view on my admin page to have admin permission. def _perm_admin(rootfunc) : import sys module = sys.modules.get(rootfunc.__module__) for key, value in module.__dict__.items() : if type(value) is types.FunctionType and key[0] != ‘_’ and rootfunc.__module__ == value.__module__: module.__dict__[key] = permission_required(’admin’)(value)   _perm_admin(main)

One of many rants against python documentation.  Fundamentally, things like this only re-enforce why it didn’t receive the rapid acceptance of PHP. $ pydoc list ….  |  index(…)  |      L.index(value, [start, [stop]]) -> integer — return first index of value …. Ok, that’s good… But what about the “not found” case, is it documented, nope!  [...]

I was driving down the road the other day and saw this bumper sticker on a car…  We’ve all see “Proud Parent of a XYZ School Honor Role” bumper stickers.  This was the first time that I saw a bumper sticker that somebody was proud that their child was a professional killer. While fundamentally I [...]