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| Date | 2014-10-24 19:45 +1100 |
| Subject | Re: (test) ? a:b |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.15127.1414140334.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Of course one can write hard-to-read code using any idiom by sheer weight of
> complexity or obfuscated naming:
>
> value = [some_function(arg)[23]['key'] or
> another_function.method((x + y)/(z-x**(y-4)))*
> some_list[get_index(a)].spam(eggs=False, tomato='yum'),
> something.do_this(p|q).get(alpha, beta) ^
> aardvark.bobble("string%s" % carrot.gamma(r&s)*
> (this & that).fetch(83, 36, when=when or "now")
> ][cond or flag or foo(42)-1 > 17 or bar(b) < thingy(c) or not d]
>
I can see where your problem is. It is a cardinal error in readability
to have "(x + y)" followed by "z-x". No wonder it's hard to read.
ChrisA
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Re: (test) ? a:b Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-26 11:10 +1100
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Re: (test) ? a:b Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-25 15:34 -0700
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Re: (test) ? a:b Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 11:01 +1100
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