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| From | Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: A curious bit of code... |
| Date | 2014-02-13 19:17 +0000 |
| Organization | Norwich University |
| References | <4cc09129-43ee-4205-a24c-03f92b594abc@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.6857.1392319077.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 2014-02-13, forman.simon@gmail.com <forman.simon@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I ran across this and I thought there must be a better way of
> doing it, but then after further consideration I wasn't so
> sure.
>
> if key[:1] + key[-1:] == '<>': ...
>
> Some possibilities that occurred to me:
>
> if key.startswith('<') and key.endswith('>'): ...
>
> and:
>
> if (key[:1], key[-1:]) == ('<', '>'): ...
>
>
> I haven't run these through a profiler yet, but it seems like
> the original might be the fastest after all?
I think the following would occur to someone first:
if key[0] == '<' and key[-1] == '>':
...
It is wrong to avoid the obvious. Needlessly ornate or clever
code will only irritate the person who has to read it later; most
likely yourself.
--
Neil Cerutti
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A curious bit of code... forman.simon@gmail.com - 2014-02-13 10:37 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-13 13:45 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 10:45 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 19:09 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2014-02-13 20:05 +0100
Re: A curious bit of code... Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-13 19:17 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 11:20 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-13 14:28 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 11:25 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-13 19:25 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 19:32 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-13 20:43 +0100
Re: A curious bit of code... Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-13 21:56 +0200
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 11:23 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-13 19:51 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 11:59 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 13:59 -0600
Re: A curious bit of code... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 07:29 +1100
Re: A curious bit of code... Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-02-13 14:39 -0600
Re: A curious bit of code... Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-02-13 12:55 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-13 16:24 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 16:23 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 08:01 +1100
Re: A curious bit of code... Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-13 21:01 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-13 22:06 +0100
Re: A curious bit of code... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 08:10 +1100
Re: A curious bit of code... Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 21:14 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 15:20 -0600
Re: A curious bit of code... Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 15:19 -0600
Re: A curious bit of code... Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-02-13 13:23 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 08:31 +1100
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-13 16:38 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 15:47 -0600
Re: A curious bit of code... Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 23:49 +0200
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-13 16:51 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 13:33 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 09:13 +1100
Re: A curious bit of code... Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-02-13 14:26 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-13 19:29 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... forman.simon@gmail.com - 2014-02-13 18:45 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-13 22:26 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... forman.simon@gmail.com - 2014-02-14 12:04 -0800
Re: A curious bit of code... Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 21:01 +0000
Re: A curious bit of code... Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-14 07:19 -0500
Re: A curious bit of code... Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-14 09:06 -0500
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