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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:54:30 +0000
Subject: Re: Python is readable
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On 15 March 2012 00:27, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>> I don't know this book and there may be a pedagogical reason for the
>> implementation you quote, but pairwise_sum is probably better
>> implemented in Python 3.X as:
>>
>> def pairwise_sum(list1, list2):
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0return [x1 + x2 for x1, x2 in zip(list1, list2)]
>
> Okay, here's something for debate.
>
> Should the readability of a language be gauged on the basis of its
> standard library, or should you be comparing actual code?

But here's the code posted by the OP:

--- Python ---
def pairwise_sum(list1, list2):
   result =3D []
   for i in range(len(list1)):
       result.append(list1[i] + list2[i])
   return result
--- ---

The code I posted uses one builtin function (zip), the code posted by
the OP uses two (range and len).  Neither uses the standard library.

--=20
Arnaud