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Re: my favorite line of py code so far

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Stefan Behnel wrote:

> Peter Otten, 09.11.2013 12:49:
>> There is no obvious meaning attached to _ -- so don't use it.
> 
> Not quite true. Depending on the context, the obvious meanings of "_" in
> Python are either
> 
> 1) "ignore me", e.g. in
> 
>     _, b = some_tuple
> 
> or
> 
> 2) "this is a non-public thing", as in
> 
>     class Xyz:
>         _private = 1
> 

This doesn't fit the bill provided we're discussing the name _ rather than 
any underscore.
> 
> 3) "I am the translation function", as commonly used in (HTML) templates:
> 
>     _("translation key here")
> 
> 
> None of the three meanings applies to the OP's example, AFAICT.

I can come up with one more, the last non-None result calculated in the 
interactive interpreter,

>>> 2*2
4
>>> _
4

so we're back to three. All seem to be established conventions rather than 
obvious choices.

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my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-08 14:22 -0800
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-09 09:32 +1100
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-08 14:43 -0800
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-11-09 08:12 +0100
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-09 01:23 -0800
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-09 20:28 +1100
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-09 01:49 -0800
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-11-09 12:49 +0100
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2013-11-09 13:41 +0100
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-09 23:45 +1100
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-11-09 14:49 +0100
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-10 00:57 -0800
    Re: my favorite line of py code so far Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-10 21:23 +1100
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-10 00:59 -0800
  Re: my favorite line of py code so far Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-10 16:00 -0800

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