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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:51:38 +0100
From: Jennie <marco.buttu@gmail.com>
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On 11/10/2012 09:29 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:

> On 11/10/2012 2:33 PM, Jennie wrote:
>>
>> I propose three solutions. The first one:
>>
>>  >>> class Point:
>> ...     def __init__(self, x=0, y=0):
>> ...         self.x = x
>> ...         self.y = y
>> ...     def __sub__(self, other):
>> ...         return Point(self.x - other.x, self.y - other.y)
>> ...     def distance(self, point=None):
>> ...         p = point if point else Point()
>> ...         return math.sqrt((self - p).x ** 2 + (self - p).y ** 2)

> What I do not like about this one is that it creates a new 0 point each
> time one is needed. Two solutions:
>
> change Point() to point0 in the distance function and create
> point0 = Point()
> after the class.
>
> -or-
> instead of p = line,
> px,py = point.x, point.y if point else 0.0, 0.0

Thanks, I like the second one :)

-- 
Jennie