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Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please

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Date Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:58:21 -0700
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM, The Night Tripper <jkn+gg@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi there
>     I'm being very dumb ... how can I simplify this fragment?
>
>
>         if arglist:
>             arglist.pop(0)
>             if arglist:
>                 self.myparm1 = arglist.pop(0)
>                 if arglist:
>                     self.myparm2 = arglist.pop(0)
>                     if arglist:
>                         self.myparm3 = arglist.pop(0)
>                         if arglist:
>                             self.parm4 = arglist.pop(0)

Perhaps this would work for you:

if arglist:
    defaults = [self.parm1, self.parm2, self.parm3, self.parm4]
    arglist = arglist[1:] + defaults[len(arglist)-1:]
    self.parm1, self.parm2, self.parm3, self.parm4 = arglist[:4]

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suggestions for improving code fragment please The Night Tripper <jkn+gg@nicorp.co.uk> - 2013-02-28 19:47 +0000
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 11:55 -0800
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 14:56 -0500
    Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please The Night Tripper <jkn+gg@nicorp.co.uk> - 2013-02-28 23:20 +0000
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 12:58 -0700
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-02-28 14:37 -0600
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-02-28 21:13 +0000
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-28 16:22 -0500
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-02-28 16:28 -0500
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-28 16:30 -0500
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-02-28 16:44 -0600
  Re: suggestions for improving code fragment please Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-01 02:44 +0000

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