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Re: Hack or beauty?

From	"Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Hack or beauty?
Date	2026-05-14 13:25 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<10u541t$ksmb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 13/05/2026 14.33, Stefan Ram wrote:
> "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>> for variable in angles if options.angle else comps:

>    , is fine, but I think what would be a bit clearer might be,
> 
> variables = angles if options.angle else comps
> for variable in variables:

I ended up going with something quite similar:

#####################################################
if options.angle:
   junk = sys.stdout.write( "0.00  " )
   variables = [pi/20*k for k in range(1,8)]
else:
   junk = sys.stdout.write( "  0%  " )
   variables = [0.1*k for k in range(1,8)]

# ...

# Loop over a range of angle or compensation values
for variable in variables:
   # Do stuff
####################################################


Much clearer and less "cute".

(Yes, the range of angles changed from my prototype.)

-- 
Michael F. Stemper
What happens if you play John Cage's "4'33" at a slower tempo?

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Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 13:58 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-05-13 19:33 +0000
    Re: Hack or beauty? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-05-13 21:04 +0000
      Re: Hack or beauty? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-14 01:06 +0000
    Re: Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 13:25 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? Mark Bourne <nntp.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> - 2026-05-13 21:52 +0100
    Re: Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 08:06 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-13 21:37 +0000

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