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From: James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:12:12 +1000
Subject: Re: Feature suggestion -- return if true
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> w=
rote:
> How is that the same?
>
> =C2=A0return? something() =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0return something() or None
> =C2=A0return? somethingelse() =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0return somethingelse() or None
> =C2=A0log("didn't find an answer") =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 log("didn'=
t find an answer")
> =C2=A0raise ValueError =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 raise ValueError
>
> Are you saying the two snippets above are equivalent?

def foo(n):
    x =3D n < 5
    if x:
        return x

is functionally equivalent to:

def foo(n):
    return n < 5

--=20
-- James Mills
--
-- "Problems are solved by method"