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Python is readable

Started byKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
First post2012-03-15 00:34 +0100
Last post2012-03-18 18:19 +0000
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  Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 00:34 +0100
    Re: Python is readable Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 23:54 +0000
    Re: Python is readable Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2012-03-14 19:18 -0500
    Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 11:27 +1100
      Re: Python is readable Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 20:02 -0700
        Re: Python is readable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-03-14 23:23 -0700
          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 11:44 +0100
            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 21:50 +1100
              Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 12:27 +0100
                Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 22:47 +1100
                  Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 12:59 +0100
                    Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 23:21 +1100
                      Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-15 23:31 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 23:38 +1100
                          Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-16 00:16 +1100
                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 00:33 +1100
                              Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-16 00:50 +1100
                                RE: Python is readable "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-03-15 17:43 +0000
                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 15:16 +0100
                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 01:29 +1100
                          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 15:37 +0100
                          Re: Python is readable Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-15 11:14 -0400
                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 02:27 +1100
                              Re: Python is readable Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-15 11:44 -0400
                        Re: Python is readable Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 03:01 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-15 17:41 +0000
            Re: Python is readable Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-03-15 12:14 +0100
              Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 12:48 +0100
                Re: Python is readable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-15 14:06 +0000
                  Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 15:19 +0100
                    Re: Python is readable Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-03-15 14:28 +0000
                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 15:55 +0100
                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 02:08 +1100
                          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 20:40 +0100
                            Re: Python is readable Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 16:12 -0600
                            Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-16 09:35 +1100
                              Re: Python is readable Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 23:00 +0000
                                Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 00:46 +0100
                                  Re: Python is readable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-15 23:58 +0000
                                    Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 12:41 +0100
                                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 00:15 +0000
                                Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-16 10:57 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 15:13 +0000
                    Re: Python is readable Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 21:43 +0200
                Re: Python is readable Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 01:17 +1100
                Re: Python is readable Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-15 14:23 +0000
                  Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 15:30 +0100
                    Re: Python is readable Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 14:43 +0000
                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 16:18 +0100
                        Re: Python is readable Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 16:17 -0600
                          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 00:32 +0100
                            Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 03:55 +0000
                              Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 13:10 +0100
                                Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 16:48 +0000
                                  Re: Python is readable Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 17:39 -0600
                                    Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-17 22:22 +0100
                                  Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-17 20:59 +0100
                                    Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 08:20 +1100
                                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-17 22:28 +0100
                                        Re: Python is readable Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-03-17 17:04 -0600
                                          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-19 12:15 +0100
                                            Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-19 11:57 +0000
                                        Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-18 11:42 +1100
                                    Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-18 01:36 +0000
                                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-19 12:34 +0100
                                      Re: Python is readable Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 16:56 +1100
                                      Re: Python is readable MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-03-31 18:27 +0100
                    Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 01:48 +1100
                      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-15 16:05 +0100
                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 02:14 +1100
                      Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-15 23:52 +0000
                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 14:12 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 13:36 +0100
                          Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-16 12:50 +0000
                          Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 13:03 +0000
                            Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-16 13:08 +0000
                              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 16:28 +0000
                                Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-16 17:53 +0000
                                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 18:50 +0000
                                    Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-16 19:35 +0000
                                      RE: Python is readable "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-03-16 20:04 +0000
                                        Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-17 21:54 +0100
                                          Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-18 00:57 +0000
                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 12:07 +1100
                                              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+usenet@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-18 02:05 +0000
                                                Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 13:15 +1100
                                            Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-21 00:57 +0100
                                    Re: Python is readable Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2012-03-16 16:01 -0400
                                  Re: Python is readable Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-16 13:30 -0700
                                  Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-17 07:59 +1100
                              Re: Python is readable Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-17 01:09 -0400
                                Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-19 11:26 +0000
                                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-19 11:51 +0000
                                    Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-19 12:53 +0000
                                      Re: Python is readable Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 14:38 +0000
                            Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-17 21:23 +0100
                              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-18 01:46 +0000
                                Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-19 12:44 +0100
                                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-19 15:27 +0000
                                    Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-21 00:27 +0100
                Re: Python is readable Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-03-15 16:41 +0100
                  Re: Python is readable Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-16 09:30 +0000
          Re: Python is readable John Ladasky <ladasky@my-deja.com> - 2012-03-18 14:30 -0700
            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 09:02 +1100
              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-19 01:23 +0000
                Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 15:33 +1100
                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-19 13:37 +0000
                  Re: Python is readable Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-20 12:20 +0000
            Re: Python is readable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-03-18 20:15 -0700
              Re: Python is readable Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-03-18 21:14 -0700
            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 12:55 -0400
              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-20 17:48 +0000
            Re: Python is readable Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-20 14:09 -0400
            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 15:28 -0400
              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-21 00:22 +0000
                Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-20 18:28 -0700
                  Re: Python is readable Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-21 13:28 +1100
                    Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-20 19:44 -0700
                      Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 15:16 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-20 21:58 -0700
                          Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 16:40 +1100
                            Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-20 23:52 -0700
                              Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 17:59 +1100
                              Re: Python is readable Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-03-21 00:16 -0700
                                Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-21 00:57 -0700
                                  Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 19:15 +1100
                              Re: Re: Python is readable Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-03-21 11:22 -0500
                                Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-21 09:30 -0700
                                  Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 14:06 -0400
                                    Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-21 18:35 -0700
                                      Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-22 08:56 +0000
                                        Re: Python is readable (OT) Jon Clements <joncle@googlemail.com> - 2012-03-22 04:18 -0700
                                        Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 08:47 -0400
                                          Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-22 17:18 +0000
                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:26 -0400
                                              Re: Python is readable Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-29 13:44 +0000
                                                Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 14:37 -0400
                                                  Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-30 01:42 +0000
                                                    Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 22:26 -0400
                                                      Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-30 03:36 +0000
                                                        Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 00:38 -0400
                                                          Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-30 10:47 +0000
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 09:46 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 03:20 +1100
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 14:15 -0400
                                                              Re: Python is readable Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-30 20:30 +0000
                                                                Re: Python is readable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-04-01 20:38 -0700
                                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 05:29 +1100
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 15:55 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 07:20 +1100
                                                              Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-30 22:07 -0700
                                                                Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 08:06 +1000
                                                            Re: Python is readable Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2012-03-30 16:51 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 16:58 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 08:45 +1100
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 19:01 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-31 00:03 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 19:05 +1100
                                                            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 10:43 -0400
                                                            Re: Python is readable rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 11:17 -0700
                                                            Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-30 09:02 -0700
                                                              Re: Python is readable alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-04-01 20:30 -0700
                                                                Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-01 21:01 -0700
                                                          Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-29 23:44 -0700
                                                        RE: Python is readable "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-03-30 16:40 +0000
                                                        Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-30 00:27 -0700
                                            Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:08 +1100
                                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 00:17 +1100
                                        Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 10:29 -0400
                                          Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-22 09:12 -0700
                                          Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-22 17:44 +0000
                                            Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-22 19:42 -0700
                                              Re: Python is readable rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 20:20 -0700
                                                Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-22 21:16 -0700
                                                  Re: Python is readable MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-03-23 04:43 +0000
                                                    Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-22 23:58 -0700
                                                Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 00:20 -0400
                                        Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-22 08:33 -0700
                                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:21 +1100
                                        Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 15:33 -0400
                                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:48 +1100
                                        Re: Python is readable Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 06:49 +1100
                                Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-21 23:34 +0000
                                  Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-21 17:54 -0700
                      Re: Python is readable Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 17:25 +1100
                        Re: Python is readable Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-31 09:59 -0700
                Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 00:55 -0400
            Re: Python is readable Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-20 16:01 -0400
            Re: Python is readable Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 16:34 -0400
              Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-21 00:01 +0000
            Re: Python is readable Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2012-03-31 17:15 +1100
    Re: Python is readable Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 13:51 -0400
    Re: Python is readable Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 20:54 +0000
      Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 02:03 +0000
    Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 01:53 +0000
      Re: Python is readable Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-16 02:16 +0000
      Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 13:55 +0100
        Re: Python is readable Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 16:25 +0000
          Re: Python is readable Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 17:58 +0100
          RE: Python is readable "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-03-16 17:01 +0000
    Re: Python is readable alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-18 18:19 +0000

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#21726

FromSteven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
Date2012-03-16 00:15 +0000
Message-ID<4f628611$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#21722
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:46:35 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:

> On 3/16/2012 0:00, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
>> On 15 March 2012 22:35, Ben Finney<ben+python@benfinney.id.au>  wrote:
>>> Kiuhnm<kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>  writes:
>>>
>>>> Moreover, I think that
>>>>    if (............
>>>>        ............
>>>>        ............):
>>>>        ............
>>>>        ............
>>>>        ............
>>>> is not very readable anyway.
>>>
>>> I agree, and am glad PEP 8 has been updated to recommend an extra
>>> level of indentation for continuation, to distinguish from the new
>>> block that
>>> follows<URL:http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#indentation>.
>>
>> Personally I solve this by never writing if conditions that span more
>> than one line.  If the worst comes to the worst, I would write:
>>
>> aptly_named_condition = (
>>      very long condition
>>      that goes over
>>      plenty of lines
>> )
>> if aptly_named_condition:
>>      do stuff
> 
> Will I be able to use extra indentation in Python code? For instance,
> 
>    res = and(or(cond1,
>                 cond2),
>              cond3,
>              or(and(cond4,
>                     cond5,
>                     cond6),
>                 and(cond7,
>                     cond8)))

Not that exact example, because `and` and `or` are operators, not 
functions and you will get a syntax error. Python uses infix notation, 
not prefix or postfix:

    x and y    # yes
    and(x, y)  # no
    x y and    # no


But in general, yes, you can use whatever indentation you like inside a 
line-continuation bracket:

py> x = [
...     1, 2, 3,
... 4, 5, 6,
...                             7, 8, 9,
...         10, 11, 12,
...       13, 14, 15
... ]
py> x
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]


Indentation is only syntactically significant in blocks and statements.


 
> I like it because it reads like a tree.

Funny. I dislike it because it is a tree on its side.



-- 
Steven

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#21724

FromBen Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Date2012-03-16 10:57 +1100
Message-ID<87mx7ho1si.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
In reply to#21720
Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> writes:

> On 15 March 2012 22:35, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > I agree, and am glad PEP 8 has been updated to recommend an extra
> > level of indentation for continuation, to distinguish from the new
> > block that follows
> > <URL:http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#indentation>.
>
> Personally I solve this by never writing if conditions that span more
> than one line.

The admonition applies not only to ‘if’ conditions, but also to ‘while’,
‘with’, ‘for’, etc.; and also to bracketing constructs like function
calls, literal lists/dicts/sets, etc. In a single statement, the
indentation for continuation lines should be indented two levels, so
that they don't look so much like a new block of statements.

-- 
 \           “If you do not trust the source do not use this program.” |
  `\                                —Microsoft Vista security dialogue |
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Ben Finney

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#21685

FromRobert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-15 15:13 +0000
Message-ID<mailman.683.1331824442.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21681
On 3/15/12 2:55 PM, Kiuhnm wrote:
> On 3/15/2012 15:28, Tim Golden wrote:

>> http://docs.python.org/faq/design.html#why-are-colons-required-for-the-if-while-def-class-statements
>
> The second one is slightly easier to read because it's syntax-highlighted. Was
> that on purpose?

No, it's an unintended side effect. The (automated) syntax highlighting was 
added to the FAQ much, much later than that entry was written. The syntax 
highlighting tool does not recognize the first example as Python, so it does not 
apply Python syntax highlighting to it.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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#21707

FromSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-15 21:43 +0200
Message-ID<mailman.697.1331840654.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21672
15.03.12 16:19, Kiuhnm написав(ла):
> Ok, so they're mandatory, but I was mainly talking of design. Why are they needed?

http://python-history.blogspot.com/2011/07/karin-dewar-indentation-and-colon.html

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#21671

FromAlec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-16 01:17 +1100
Message-ID<mailman.676.1331821072.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21656
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on
> win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
>>>> with open("filename", "w") as f
>  File "<stdin>", line 1
>
>    with open("filename", "w") as f
>                                  ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> --
> Cheers.
>
> Mark Lawrence.
>

Erred for me also; but under f:

Python 2.7.3rc1 (default, Feb 24 2012, 21:28:59) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
(AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> with open("filename", "w") as f
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    with open("filename", "w") as f
                                              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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#21673

FromDuncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-03-15 14:23 +0000
Message-ID<XnsA0179264FD1BBduncanbooth@127.0.0.1>
In reply to#21656
Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> wrote:

> BTW, aren't those ':' redundant?
> 

They are required by the grammar, but in a sense you are correct. You could 
modify Python's grammar to make the colons optional and still keep it 
unambiguous but that would make it harder for other tools (such as text 
editors or indeed humans) to understand.

A little bit of redundancy in the grammar is seen as a good way to minimise 
errors.

-- 
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com

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#21676

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-15 15:30 +0100
Message-ID<4f61fd0a$0$1389$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21673
On 3/15/2012 15:23, Duncan Booth wrote:
> Kiuhnm<kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>  wrote:
>
>> BTW, aren't those ':' redundant?
>>
>
> They are required by the grammar, but in a sense you are correct. You could
> modify Python's grammar to make the colons optional and still keep it
> unambiguous but that would make it harder for other tools (such as text
> editors or indeed humans) to understand.

Sorry, but I can't see how it would make it harder for humans to 
understand. Are there particular situations you're referring to?

Kiuhnm

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#21679

FromRobert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-15 14:43 +0000
Message-ID<mailman.680.1331822643.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21676
On 3/15/12 2:30 PM, Kiuhnm wrote:
> On 3/15/2012 15:23, Duncan Booth wrote:
>> Kiuhnm<kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, aren't those ':' redundant?
>>>
>>
>> They are required by the grammar, but in a sense you are correct. You could
>> modify Python's grammar to make the colons optional and still keep it
>> unambiguous but that would make it harder for other tools (such as text
>> editors or indeed humans) to understand.
>
> Sorry, but I can't see how it would make it harder for humans to understand. Are
> there particular situations you're referring to?

There were usability studies done on one of Python's indentation-based 
ancestors, ABC. Those studies found, empirically, that having the colons helped 
people read and understand the code faster.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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#21687

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-15 16:18 +0100
Message-ID<4f620837$0$1382$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21679
On 3/15/2012 15:43, Robert Kern wrote:
> On 3/15/12 2:30 PM, Kiuhnm wrote:
>> On 3/15/2012 15:23, Duncan Booth wrote:
>>> Kiuhnm<kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> wrote:
>>>
>>>> BTW, aren't those ':' redundant?
>>>>
>>>
>>> They are required by the grammar, but in a sense you are correct. You
>>> could
>>> modify Python's grammar to make the colons optional and still keep it
>>> unambiguous but that would make it harder for other tools (such as text
>>> editors or indeed humans) to understand.
>>
>> Sorry, but I can't see how it would make it harder for humans to
>> understand. Are
>> there particular situations you're referring to?
>
> There were usability studies done on one of Python's indentation-based
> ancestors, ABC. Those studies found, empirically, that having the colons
> helped people read and understand the code faster.

Here's what Guido van Rossum writes about it:
"Python’s use of indentation comes directly from ABC, but this idea 
didn’t originate with ABC--it had already been promoted by Donald Knuth 
and was a well-known concept of programming style. (The occam 
programming language also used it.) However, ABC’s authors did invent 
the use of the colon that separates the lead-in clause from the indented 
block.

----> After early user testing without the colon, it was discovered that 
the meaning of the indentation was unclear to beginners being taught the 
first steps of programming. <----

The addition of the colon clarified it significantly: the colon somehow 
draws attention to what follows and ties the phrases before and after it 
together in just the right way."

If that passage is correct, those studies don't say that adding the 
colon increases the readability, but that it makes more sense to 
beginners who don't even know what indentation is.

Kiuhnm

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#21718

FromMichael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-15 16:17 -0600
Message-ID<mailman.708.1331849863.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21687
On 03/15/2012 09:18 AM, Kiuhnm wrote:
> ----> After early user testing without the colon, it was discovered that 
> the meaning of the indentation was unclear to beginners being taught the 
> first steps of programming. <----
> 
> The addition of the colon clarified it significantly: the colon somehow 
> draws attention to what follows and ties the phrases before and after it 
> together in just the right way."
> 
> If that passage is correct, those studies don't say that adding the 
> colon increases the readability, but that it makes more sense to 
> beginners who don't even know what indentation is.

Seems to me that helping code to make more sense to a beginner is, by
definition, increasing readability.

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#21721

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-16 00:32 +0100
Message-ID<4f627c25$0$1381$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21718
On 3/15/2012 23:17, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 03/15/2012 09:18 AM, Kiuhnm wrote:
>> ---->  After early user testing without the colon, it was discovered that
>> the meaning of the indentation was unclear to beginners being taught the
>> first steps of programming.<----
>>
>> The addition of the colon clarified it significantly: the colon somehow
>> draws attention to what follows and ties the phrases before and after it
>> together in just the right way."
>>
>> If that passage is correct, those studies don't say that adding the
>> colon increases the readability, but that it makes more sense to
>> beginners who don't even know what indentation is.
>
> Seems to me that helping code to make more sense to a beginner is, by
> definition, increasing readability.

Pick up two math books about the same topic but on two different levels 
(e.g. under-graduated and graduated). If you compare the proofs you'll 
see that those in the higher-level book are almost always sketched. Why 
is that? Because they're more readable for a mature reader. But they're 
almost incomprehensible to a beginner.
As another example, why do people use jargon? Because that makes 
communication more efficient. And yet that frustrate beginners.
So, no, I can't agree with you. There are too many situations where a 
steep learning curve pays off in the long run. Making that curve too 
shallow may help beginners but damage experienced users.
Is functional programming code more readable than imperative code? Ask a 
beginner and you'll receive a resounding "no". Ask an experienced coder 
and he will probably say "it depends". If he says "yes, always" he is a 
just a lisp fanatic :)

Kiuhnm

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#21737

FromSteven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
Date2012-03-16 03:55 +0000
Message-ID<4f62b9be$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#21721
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:32:52 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:

> Pick up two math books about the same topic but on two different levels
> (e.g. under-graduated and graduated). If you compare the proofs you'll
> see that those in the higher-level book are almost always sketched. Why
> is that? Because they're more readable for a mature reader.

No. They're not more readable. They simply have less to read (per proof), 
or another way of putting it, you can fit more of the good stuff that the 
experienced reader wants ("yes yes, I know about the associative law, get 
to the part where you prove the Goldbach conjecture...") in the same 
amount of space. The text is compressed by leaving out the parts that an 
experienced reader can infer from her knowledge of the domain.

Since an expert can infer meaning more quickly than they can read the 
actual words, this is a big win for efficiency. But the text is not more 
readable, there's just less to read for a given result. The same amount, 
or even more, brain processing occurs. It just happens in a different 
part of the brain.

In Python terms, it's analogous to moving something out of a pure-Python
O(log n) binary tree into a fast O(n) linear array written in C. Until 
the concepts get complex enough, it is faster for the expert to infer 
meaning than to read explicitly, even though technically more work is 
probably being done.


Experts often find pedagogical texts harder to read because it seems 
dumbed down. It's as if they are reading text like this:

    The cat, which is a small animal with fur known for being 
    aloof and yet attractive to many people, sat on the mat, 
    which is like a rug or blanket except thicker, while Jack, 
    a small male child, and Jill, a young female child, ran, 
    that is to say travelled quickly by lifting their feet and 
    moving forward in such a fashion that sometimes both feet 
    are in the air simultaneously, up the hill, a moderately-
    sized elevation of land smaller than a mountain.


It gets painful after a while because, as an expert, you can interpret 
the subtext quicker than you can read the actual words. But when teaching 
non-experts, you can't expect the reader to interpret the subtext quickly 
or at all. Which is more readable, that is to say, more comprehensible?

    The wix sat on the zaj, while Megf and Parz vev up the leff.

Lacking any domain knowledge, the above carries virtually no information 
at all. We know that wixes can sit on things, and that's about it.

Contrast this:

    The wix, which is a small animal with fur known for being 
    aloof and yet attractive to many people, sat on the zaj, 
    which is like a rug or blanket except thicker, while Megf, 
    a small male child, and Parz, a young female child, vev, 
    that is to say travelled quickly by lifting their feet and 
    moving forward in such a fashion that sometimes both feet 
    are in the air simultaneously, up the leff, a moderately-
    sized elevation of land smaller than a mountain.

Despite having about 8 times as much content, and being one long run-on 
sentence, this version is far more comprehensible. (In practice, I 
wouldn't define terms in the sentence I was using them in this fashion. 
Or at least not more than one per sentence. Very long sentences have 
their own readability costs.)

When people talk about readability, they normally mean to ask how much 
mental effort is needed to interpret the meaning of the text, not how 
much time does it take to pass your eyes over the characters. In other 
words they are actually talking about comprehensibility.

Well obviously that depends on who is doing the reading. To somebody in 
the know, meaning can be incredibly compressed. You can crack up Monty 
Python fans with just two words: "Norwegian Blue". To those not in the 
know, that's incomprehensible.

When speaking about programming languages, the reader who is judging 
readability is assumed to be:

- somebody with a good grasp of natural language, normally 
  English, and capable of understanding sentences containing
  loops and conditionals such as

    "soak and rinse the beans three times"
    "scrub the potatoes until the dirt is gone"
    "if the tap is dripping, replace the washer"

- possessing an intuitive understanding of such concepts as 
  "is-a" and "has-a" (Fido is a dog, Fido has a tail);

- possessing a simple knowledge of basic arithmetic and logic;

- able to intuit the meaning of programming concepts if they
  match simple natural language concepts (e.g. print, delete, 
  but not necessarily import, delegate, and certainly not 
  currying, closures, monads);

- but not familiar with the programming language, its data 
  model, or the details of its functions and commands;

- and of average intelligence, neither a dummy nor a genius. 

(Despite the proliferation of books with titles like "Programming For 
Utter Morans", they aren't actually written for dummies.)

To judge the readability of a language, we have to put ourselves into the 
position of such a beginner: ignorant but not stupid. To judge the 
expressibility and power of a language, we have to put ourselves into the 
position of an expert who knows all the idioms. The trick is to increase 
power without hurting readability.

For example, in the late 80s or early 90s, Apple introduced the 
forerunner to Applescript, Hypertalk. Hypertalk is *extremely* readable:

put the result into x
add 15 to x
go to the second card of background "Data"
put x after word 7 of field "Age"
get field "Name"
put it into field "Alias"

Aside: there's a non-GUI version of Hypertalk-on-steroids available from 
here: http://code.google.com/p/openxion/

Very readable indeed. You can possibly even infer part of the data model 
from the code (everything is text; text is stored in fields, which exist 
on cards collected into groupings called backgrounds).

But, frankly, it's not too expressible. It's too verbose for experts. The 
data model is too simple. (Modern versions like OpenXion have a richer 
data model not as strongly tied to the original Hypercard GUI.)

I think Python is pretty close to the top of the readability versus 
expressiveness curve.

That's not to say that Python is the optimal combination, or can't be 
improved, or even that every language should compromise expressiveness 
for comprehensibility (or vice versa). 



-- 
Steven

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#21743

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-16 13:10 +0100
Message-ID<4f632da5$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21737
On 3/16/2012 4:55, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:32:52 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:
>
>> Pick up two math books about the same topic but on two different levels
>> (e.g. under-graduated and graduated). If you compare the proofs you'll
>> see that those in the higher-level book are almost always sketched. Why
>> is that? Because they're more readable for a mature reader.
>
> No. They're not more readable. They simply have less to read (per proof),
> or another way of putting it, you can fit more of the good stuff that the
> experienced reader wants ("yes yes, I know about the associative law, get
> to the part where you prove the Goldbach conjecture...") in the same
> amount of space. The text is compressed by leaving out the parts that an
> experienced reader can infer from her knowledge of the domain.
>
> Since an expert can infer meaning more quickly than they can read the
> actual words, this is a big win for efficiency. But the text is not more
> readable, there's just less to read for a given result. The same amount,
> or even more, brain processing occurs. It just happens in a different
> part of the brain.

Maybe we should define *exactly* what readability is (in less then 500 
lines, if possible).
According to your view, ASM code is more readable than Python code. It's 
just that there's more to read in ASM.

Kiuhnm

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#21761

FromSteven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
Date2012-03-16 16:48 +0000
Message-ID<4f636ed5$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to#21743
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:10:12 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:

> Maybe we should define *exactly* what readability is (in less then 500
> lines, if possible).

If you can't be bothered to read my post before replying, save yourself 
some more time and don't bother to reply at all.

I quote from the part of the my post you deleted:

    When people talk about readability, they normally mean to 
    ask how much mental effort is needed to interpret the 
    meaning of the text, not how much time does it take to 
    pass your eyes over the characters. In other words they 
    are actually talking about comprehensibility.


Unless I've made a mistake counting, that's less than 500 lines.


> According to your view, ASM code is more readable than Python code. It's
> just that there's more to read in ASM.

What a ridiculous misrepresentation of my position. Readability is not 
proportional to length.




-- 
Steven

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#21787

FromMichael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-16 17:39 -0600
Message-ID<mailman.744.1331941180.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21761
On 03/16/2012 10:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:10:12 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:
> 
>> Maybe we should define *exactly* what readability is (in less then 500
>> lines, if possible).
> 
> If you can't be bothered to read my post before replying, save yourself 
> some more time and don't bother to reply at all.
> 
> I quote from the part of the my post you deleted:
> 
>     When people talk about readability, they normally mean to 
>     ask how much mental effort is needed to interpret the 
>     meaning of the text, not how much time does it take to 
>     pass your eyes over the characters. In other words they 
>     are actually talking about comprehensibility.
> 
> 
> Unless I've made a mistake counting, that's less than 500 lines.
> 
> 
>> According to your view, ASM code is more readable than Python code. It's
>> just that there's more to read in ASM.
> 
> What a ridiculous misrepresentation of my position. Readability is not 
> proportional to length.

For someone who claims he's merely examining the language and seeking to
learn about it, Kiuhnm is jumping awfully quickly into the realm of
trolling.

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#21834

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-17 22:22 +0100
Message-ID<4f65008c$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21787
On 3/17/2012 0:39, Michael Torrie wrote:
> For someone who claims he's merely examining the language and seeking to
> learn about it, Kiuhnm is jumping awfully quickly into the realm of
> trolling.

I'm speechless... thanks, man!

Kiuhnm

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#21830

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-17 20:59 +0100
Message-ID<4f64ed2e$0$1389$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21761
On 3/16/2012 17:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:10:12 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:
>
>> Maybe we should define *exactly* what readability is (in less then 500
>> lines, if possible).
>
> If you can't be bothered to read my post before replying, save yourself
> some more time and don't bother to reply at all.
>
> I quote from the part of the my post you deleted:
>
>      When people talk about readability, they normally mean to
>      ask how much mental effort is needed to interpret the
>      meaning of the text, not how much time does it take to
>      pass your eyes over the characters. In other words they
>      are actually talking about comprehensibility.
>
>
> Unless I've made a mistake counting, that's less than 500 lines.
>
>
>> According to your view, ASM code is more readable than Python code. It's
>> just that there's more to read in ASM.
>
> What a ridiculous misrepresentation of my position. Readability is not
> proportional to length.

Ok, so length and readability are orthogonal properties.
Could you please explain to me in which way
     mov eax, 3
should be less readable than
     for i in x: print(i)
?

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#21833

FromChris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-18 08:20 +1100
Message-ID<mailman.765.1332019217.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21830
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Kiuhnm
<kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it@mail.python.org> wrote:
> Could you please explain to me in which way
>    mov eax, 3
> should be less readable than
>    for i in x: print(i)
> ?

They are equally readable. The first one sets EAX to 3; the second
displays all elements of x on the console. Assembly is readable on a
very low level, but it's by nature verbose at a high level, and thus
less readable (you can't eyeball a function and know exactly what it
does, especially if that function spans more than a screenful of
code).

ChrisA

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#21835

FromKiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it>
Date2012-03-17 22:28 +0100
Message-ID<4f650213$0$1375$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it>
In reply to#21833
On 3/17/2012 22:20, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Kiuhnm
> <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it@mail.python.org>  wrote:
>> Could you please explain to me in which way
>>     mov eax, 3
>> should be less readable than
>>     for i in x: print(i)
>> ?
>
> They are equally readable. The first one sets EAX to 3; the second
> displays all elements of x on the console. Assembly is readable on a
> very low level, but it's by nature verbose at a high level, and thus
> less readable (you can't eyeball a function and know exactly what it
> does, especially if that function spans more than a screenful of
> code).

Welcome in the realm of trolling.

Kiuhnm

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#21837

FromMichael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Date2012-03-17 17:04 -0600
Message-ID<mailman.767.1332025465.3037.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#21835
On 03/17/2012 03:28 PM, Kiuhnm wrote:
>> They are equally readable. The first one sets EAX to 3; the second
>> displays all elements of x on the console. Assembly is readable on a
>> very low level, but it's by nature verbose at a high level, and thus
>> less readable (you can't eyeball a function and know exactly what it
>> does, especially if that function spans more than a screenful of
>> code).
> 
> Welcome in the realm of trolling.

Seems like you're the one trolling.

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