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| From | Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Idiosyncratic python |
| References | <560391ea$0$2885$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <00884c56-4c94-406b-9902-b94dda9d66b3@googlegroups.com> |
| Date | 2015-09-24 23:08 +0200 |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.144.1443128954.28679.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
In a message of Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:46:27 -0700, Ned Batchelder writes:
>On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:02:38 AM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> What are your favorite not-wrong-just-weird Python moments?
>
>I've seen this a number of times:
>
> dict_of_values.update({'key': some_value})
>
>why not:
>
> dict_of_values['key'] = some_value
>
>I've considered writing a Pylint plugin to flag these...
>
>--Ned.
A student today had a similar version of this one:
Every time he wanted to change the value of dictionary mapping he would
write:
w={'key': new_value}
dict_of_values.update(w)
Laura
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Re: Idiosyncratic python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-24 16:54 +1000
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Re: Idiosyncratic python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-09-24 02:54 -0400
Re: Idiosyncratic python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-09-24 00:06 -0700
Re: Idiosyncratic python Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2015-09-24 19:50 +0200
Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-24 21:05 +0100
Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 11:12 +0200
Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-24 14:09 +0100
Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 16:07 +0200
Re: Idiosyncratic python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 08:26 -0600
Re: Idiosyncratic python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 02:57 +1000
Re: Idiosyncratic python jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2015-09-24 20:04 +0200
Re: Idiosyncratic python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 12:19 -0600
Re: Idiosyncratic python Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2015-09-24 13:46 -0700
Re: Idiosyncratic python Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-09-24 23:08 +0200
Re: Idiosyncratic python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 07:49 +1000
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Re: Idiosyncratic python sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-09-24 15:32 -0700
Re: Idiosyncratic python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-25 00:40 +0100
Re: Idiosyncratic python Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 03:04 +0300
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