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Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'?

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On Saturday, 27 October 2012 03:12:31 UTC+5:30, Tycho Andersen  wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 05:36:50PM -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
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> > On 10/26/2012 05:26 PM, Tycho Andersen wrote:
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> > > Assuming it's the length of the list that's the problem, not the
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> > > length of the strings in the list...
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> > >
> 
> > > args = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
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> > > args[-1] = args[-1] + '\n'
> 
> > > line = ' '.join(args)
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> > >
> 
> > > \t
> 
> > 
> 
> > Main problem with that is the trailing space before the newline.  If
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> > that's not a problem, then fine.
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> 
> 
> What trailing space before the newline? The other solutions have it,
> 
> the above does not. However, the above does mutate args, which isn't
> 
> all that great. Alas, if you want the performance of mutable
> 
> structures, you're probably going to have to mutate something. (In any
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> case, it's easy enough to change it back, though ugly.)
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> 
> 
> > Not sure why we try so hard to optimize something that's going to take
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> > negligible time.
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> 
> 
> The same reason some people enjoy sporting events: it's fun :-)
Me too
> 
> 
> 
> \t

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better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-10-26 09:49 +0200
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-26 10:58 +0200
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 09:36 +0000
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Hubert Grünheidt <hgruenheidt@t-online.de> - 2012-10-26 18:21 +0200
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws> - 2012-10-26 16:26 -0500
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-26 17:36 -0400
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws> - 2012-10-26 16:42 -0500
    Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-11-03 01:26 -0700
    Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-11-03 01:26 -0700
  Re: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-10-27 11:26 +0200
    RE: better way for ' '.join(args) + '\n'? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-29 22:28 +0000

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