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 You should think about and write down on a piece of paper:
   * How is a spam filter actually used?
-  * What is the difference (from the implementation standpoint) between learning filter and non-learning filter?
+  * What is the difference (from the implementation standpoint) between a learning filter and a non-learning filter?
   * Is there any part which all of the spam filters have in common?
   * Is it better to create a spam filter as a function or as a class with methods and properties?
-  * What are the minimal requirements for such a realization? What does it have to be able to do, and what inputs and what outputs does it have to have?
+  * What are the minimal requirements for such an implementation? What does it have to be able to do, and what inputs and what outputs does it have to have?
-Read how the //inheritance// in OOP works and how it is used in Python. You can find more information here:
+**Optional (for more advanced programmers):** Read how the //inheritance// in OOP works and how it is used in Python. You can find more information here:
   * in the official [[http://docs.python.org/release/3.2.3/tutorial/classes.html#inheritance|Python tutorial]], or
   * in {[a4b99rph:Downey2009]}, [[http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/book019.html|chapter 18]], [[http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/book019.html#toc199|section 18.7]], or
   * in {[a4b99rph:Wentworth2012]}, [[http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/inheritance.html|chapter 23]].
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     * ''ParanoidFilter'' which classifies all the emails as ''SPAM'', and
     * ''RandomFilter'' which assigns the lables ''OK'' and ''SPAM'' randomly.
-    * If these 3 filters have some functionality in common, try to extract it into a common ancestor called ''BaseFilter'' **in module ''basefilter.py''**.
+    * **Optional:** If these 3 filters have some functionality in common, try to extract it into a common ancestor called ''BaseFilter'' **in module ''basefilter.py''**.
 Why do we need it?