Re: Python language hack for C-style programmers [DO NOT USE!] :-)

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Date	2014-03-28 19:38 +1100
Subject	Re: Python language hack for C-style programmers [DO NOT USE!] :-)
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
> One of the most elegant applications of these two principles is to
> declare a variable in a condition. Consider:
>
> if (double d = prim(true)) {
>     left /= d;
>     break;
> }

Okay! Then I withdraw the "or, to my knowledge, C++" part of my
original statement. It's a useful feature, if not a unique one.

ChrisA

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Re: Python language hack for C-style programmers [DO NOT USE!] :-) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-28 19:38 +1100

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