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Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement.

From Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement.
Date 2016-03-15 09:29 +0100
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Rustom Mody wrote:

> Others have answered some parts
>>>> if x in x_list:
> ...     print("That is a fruit.")
> ... else:
> ...     print("That is not a fruit.")
> ...
> 
> However one can distribute the print out of the if; Thus
> 
>>>> "This is %s a fruit" % ("" if x in x_list else "not")

Which of the two versions will most readers grasp at first sight?
Which one is easier to modify so that it works for arbitrary attributes?
Which one is easier to internationalize?

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Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-14 17:26 -0700
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 20:31 -0400
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 11:33 +1100
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 00:38 +0000
    Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-14 18:32 -0700
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-14 18:24 -0700
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-15 13:10 +1100
  Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-14 23:30 -0700
    Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-03-15 09:29 +0100
      Re: Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 04:08 -0700
        Re: Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-03-15 18:34 +0100
          Re: Readability counts, was Re: Use of Lists, Tupples, or Sets in IF statement. Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 19:54 -0700

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